Example sentences of "wish i [vb mod] do " in BNC.

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1 I wish I could do that .
2 The thing that I 'd like to do and that I really wish I could do is give you a job here but Personnel have said I 'm already fully staffed . ’
3 I only wish I could do that .
4 In future farmers should be encouraged to consider training every time they say to themselves , ‘ I wish I knew more about this ’ or ‘ I wish I could do this better ’ .
5 ‘ I wish I could do something for them , ’ she said , and the concern in her voice was now innocent of duplicity .
6 ‘ I wish I could do it . ’
7 ‘ I wish I could do more .
8 I wish I could do more for them . ’
9 I wish I could do that .
10 ‘ I wish I could do something . ’
11 ‘ All the same , ’ said Giffen , ‘ I wish I could do more reading .
12 Well , thought Spruce , recalling his Methodist boyhood , true enough , and I wish I could do the same right now .
13 I wish I could do something ! ’
14 I wish I could do something to stop it but I 'm not going to deny it and you 'd be a liar if you tried . ’
15 It , do it now while you 're young , while you 've got your strength , because there will come days when you look around and you think well I just wish I could do that again , and that 's the way we 're made , and that 's the way it will always be in this system of things , but there 's lots of little things that we , you and I , can work on to help us to stay spiritually alert , vigilant and awake .
16 Wish I could do that !
17 I wish I could do this .
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