Example sentences of "wish [that] i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was examining the effect in the mirror before putting on the mask , vaguely wishing that I could levitate a little to improve the illusion . |
| 2 | You know I 've never hated you — though for years I 've been wishing that I could ! ’ |
| 3 | I used to gaze at it and wish that I could have a dog just like the one in the picture . |
| 4 | ‘ I wish that I could help , ’ she said , ‘ do something . ’ |
| 5 | I wish that I could say that it is my experience that Christians are above this sort of thing , but it is not . |
| 6 | ‘ I wish , ’ cried Dorian suddenly , ‘ I wish that I could always stay young and that the picture could grow old . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I wish that I could always stay young and that the picture could grow old , ’ cried Dorian . |
| 8 | I , I , do you know I wish , I just wish that I could explain how I feel , but I ca n't . |
| 9 | I wish that I could warm you with my kisses . |
| 10 | She rejected it , and said sorrowfully , ‘ Oh , Havvie , I wish that I could believe you . |
| 11 | I just wish that I could give more . |
| 12 | I can assure the right hon. Gentleman that my noble Friend will make a very strong statement of Government policy , even though I wish that I could do it myself . |
| 13 | I wish that I could go into the matter in more detail . |
| 14 | ‘ As for me , I wished that I would not lose you . ’ |
| 15 | The print , called ‘ Suspense ’ , hung over my parents ' bed and from a very early age I wished that I could have a dog like that — have a look at the picture of my Nip on page 110 . |
| 16 | Standing there in my civilian clothes I felt completely out of place and wished that I could be wearing a blue tracksuit like the rest of them . |
| 17 | I really wanted to identify with him and wished that I could have said that I had been in the Falklands or in Northern Ireland , thereby establishing some sort of link . |
| 18 | I wished that I could talk well , and could continue this conversation until animosity was dissipated and we could all stand on some common ground , but I knew enough to admit that this would n't happen , and that the longer the talk went on the further apart we should all grow . |