Example sentences of "and i wish [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not even like to see her , it makes me uncomfortable and I wish her gone , as quickly as possible . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ And I wish her to have it . |
| 3 | And I wish we had news of Mr. Stevenson . |
| 4 | And I wish they would n't ask about Mum and Dad and Annie and Mrs Seaton . |
| 5 | I think they mean that I look fat and ugly and I wish they would keep their remarks to themselves . |
| 6 | NME has yet to print anything nasty about Kingmaker , and I wish they 'd hurry up and do something because NME are a completely unchallenging and boring music paper who do nothing to contribute to today 's thing . |
| 7 | Some of the lecturers keep saying in a lecture , ‘ this is somehow related to something else you 've done somewhere else ’ and I wish they 'd tell us how it 's related to something else because half the time we ca n't see that . |
| 8 | " In that case , " said the second brother , " I wish all these doves could be turned to a herd of cattle , and I wish they belonged to me . " |
| 9 | ‘ But they won through in a dour encounter and I wish them well in the next round . |
| 10 | José Puig de la Bellacasa returns to Madrid to fulfil an important post in the Royal Household , and I wish them many years of good health and happiness in their own country . |
| 11 | Like ourselves the Firefly Trust seems to be making slow but steady progress and I wish them well . |
| 12 | I hold nothing against them and I wish them all the best . |
| 13 | ’ That says everything about their professionalism and I wish them all the best for the future . |
| 14 | At only 18 , Dundas will be seeing things through young and excited eyes and I wish him the best . |
| 15 | But his sacking was an injustice and I wish him all the best in his appeal . ’ |
| 16 | It 's a great move for him and I wish him luck . |
| 17 | He added : ‘ Tony and I are good friends and I wish him all the best . |
| 18 | PAMELA : I am glad he is in such good company and I wish him joy . |
| 19 | I hope that the Minister is more successful with his new portfolio than his predecessors were and I wish him all the best in the difficult task that lies ahead of him . |
| 20 | The right hon. Member for Worcester will be leaving the House at the end of this Parliament , and I wish him well . |
| 21 | I agree with everything that my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said today , and I wish him every success at Maastricht . |
| 22 | I was interested to hear the Hon. Gentleman raise the subject of the scanner proposal , and I wish it the best of success . |
| 23 | In relation to what the hon. Member for Walsall , North ( Mr. Winnick ) said about the letters that I receive , very few of them to date , particularly since we have been televised , have been about bad behaviour in the House — rather the reverse — and I wish it to remain that way . |
| 24 | I do n't know what to do and I wish I 'd never become involved . |
| 25 | Of course , I 've never thought her dizzy ; I 've always admired her , and I wish I had a little of her grey matter . ’ |
| 26 | There is no space to go into detail about the ding-dong and the relevance of that remark , but it is gentlemanly mayhem at its best and I wish I had seen the first encounters between the CSIRO and its critic , who , I infer , also had a go at the research on skeleton weed . |
| 27 | It 's always like this after a show , an anticlimactic darkness , and I wish I was a typist . |
| 28 | ‘ And I wish I could have spared more , for she was worth it . ’ |
| 29 | A great gimmick and I wish I 'd thought of it . |
| 30 | I mean … well , I mean , I 'm not sorry to leave the school , leave here , but I 'm sorry to leave you , and I wish I could see you again . |