Example sentences of "wished they would [verb] " 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 | She wished they would go away and just leave her alone . |
| 3 | I wished they would go somewhere and fight a duel to the death , and that it would end in a draw . |
| 4 | He wished they would show more appreciation of the skills of visiting teams and more tolerance of mistakes by their own players . |
| 5 | Alone with the overlord of the twin cities , he almost wished they would come back . |
| 6 | Joshua shifted uneasily in his seat and wished they would hurry up . |
| 7 | He dearly wished they would hurry up and tell him what to do . |