Example sentences of "that she wish she " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , when Paul told her the truth , her first thought was that she wished she had got herself an extra gown , while she was at it ; in fact she had been unable conveniently to carry any more , or would have done so . |
| 2 | A little fat nun had once cried in the heat of Egypt 's afternoon , in the accents of County Cork , that she wished she could take off her flesh and sit by the well in her bones . |
| 3 | Examining her responses to this normal catalogue of everyday events , of life , she found that she wished she was dead , had been dead for some time , so that she was used to it : and then she thought that if she had been dead for long enough , she would probably be bored with that by now . |
| 4 | That he had to pass fairly close to her made Jenna 's heart beat alarmingly and all she could think was that she wished she had phoned and spared herself this . |
| 5 | She does not deny that she wished she possessed it but knows she would not be able to stop herself falling into evil if she were to accept his offer . |