Example sentences of "wish they 'd [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | There used to be some nice serials for They used to be thrilling you know , er I can remember I wish they 'd show them now They used to be what we used to call , The voice on the wire and then there was another serial called , Peggo the Ring . |
3 | I wish they 'd let me in . |
4 | ‘ I wish they 'd let me have my telephone , ’ Elinor whispered . |
5 | ‘ I wish they 'd let me go . ’ |