Example sentences of "[coord] wished [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat in silence , afraid whatever he said would be taken the wrong way , and wished they would leave him in peace . |
| 2 | Joshua shifted uneasily in his seat and wished they would hurry up . |
| 3 | The three officers peered down the hill into the darkness of Wiltshire Lane and wished they could get in there and get it over with . |
| 4 | She picked up her skirts to avoid a particularly noisome pool in the road and wished they could move more quickly . |
| 5 | Rachel stared at the ground and wished they 'd all go home , but when her father spoke again she looked up in surprise . |
| 6 | Jessamy shaded her aching eyes from its brightness , and wished it would rain . |
| 7 | I looked at him and wished I could be so unconcerned . |
| 8 | As I looked sadly at my hands and boots , I remembered that I was only a common working boy , and wished I could be different . |
| 9 | I felt shy of talking about my feelings with Terry and Tom and wished I could have half an hour alone with Brian . |
| 10 | Shelley looked up at her stolid employer and wished he would unbend just a little . |
| 11 | She did n't know what to do or say and wished he would do or say something to break the silence . |
| 12 | He was fairly certain now that he was walking into a trap , and wished he 'd come armed . |
| 13 | So he sat down again and listened to the story of the Damianis , of their life in Jaffa and of how they fled in 1948 , how David Damiani stood on the stern of the ship off Jaffa port and wished he could have turned round then and gone back to his home . |
| 14 | Lexandro felt cut to the quick , and wished he could kill this impertinent — if perceptive — Sergeant . |
| 15 | We understood his need to feel that he was special , that someone was looking after him , and wished he could draw strength from us , rather than locking himself in his fantasies . |
| 16 | He thought about Burun 's intent towards Sidacai , and wished he could discuss it with someone . |
| 17 | He had not expected it of her and wished he could have gone away quickly without even asking if there was anything he could do for her . |
| 18 | Athelstan asked hastily , and wished he could have bitten his tongue out the moment he spoke . |
| 19 | He had no answer and wished she would concentrate on the problems at hand . |
| 20 | Oddly enough , she was n't in pain when she came round , and she said she did n't know what they 'd shot into her , but she felt great and wished she could score some . |
| 21 | She loved it and wished she could stay there forever . |
| 22 | When he said too readily , ‘ Yeah , could be , ’ she knew the blue haze of his need to reassure her , and wished she could believe him . |
| 23 | She concentrated on her driving and wished she could stop thinking of William . |
| 24 | And when he would not be persuaded that Rain had no more for him , she mentioned Georgie and Joey and wished she could be aboard Perfidia when Berg cornered them , as he surely would . |
| 25 | Claudia put her hands to her burning face and wished she could fall through the floor . |
| 26 | She felt cold and sick and wished she could crawl away and lie down . |
| 27 | She knew how dispirited he must feel , but wished he would help her a bit more with the housework . |