Example sentences of "she wished [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes Alix shook off the liberties irritably , but tonight she submitted , responding to the petting , intimate , female warmth ; she kissed and was kissed , she thanked them for their Christmas cards , she wished them a Happy New Year , she shook hands with the older women , she laughed and felt safe with her friends , she made no effort to repel their eager affection . |
| 2 | She wished they did . |
| 3 | She wished they would go away and just leave her alone . |
| 4 | How she wished they could turn him out at once . |
| 5 | She wished they could both make it up and release her from this terrible trap . |
| 6 | Allen looked at Marian , unsure what she wished him to say . |
| 7 | She wished him goodbye , thanked him for coming and could see again the face of his wife on the only occasion she had met her : tight-lipped , unable to approve , fiercely loyal to John . |
| 8 | She wished him goodnight and he raised that shameful hat as she turned and walked away towards the theatre , rubbing her hand against her hip-bone like a soiled cloth against a scrubbing board . |
| 9 | Remotely , she wished him three inches taller . |
| 10 | And she had no doubt that Tristan would listen when she explained to him what it was she wished him to say on her behalf , or in which direction she wished him to urge her to go . |
| 11 | And she had no doubt that Tristan would listen when she explained to him what it was she wished him to say on her behalf , or in which direction she wished him to urge her to go . |
| 12 | If she wished him away then he might die and it would be her fault . |
| 13 | Margrida 's absence would enable her to tell him that she wished him to cut down on the pretending — and on his caresses . |
| 14 | She wished him goodnight , and set off to walk up the hill , her feet scarcely touching the ground . |
| 15 | ‘ Goodnight ! ’ she wished him for a fourth time , and went to her room feeling very much better about everything . |
| 16 | Gabriel sat by his bedside , uncertain if she wished him to live or die . |
| 17 | She wished her father was like this young man who sat in his own shrine on a country kitchen dresser amongst used OHMS envelopes and sprigs of dried white heather . |
| 18 | She wished her parents lived in the Aran Islands and that there could be no question of her having to go home every night . |
| 19 | She wished her father and mother were like other parents and not so narrow-minded . |
| 20 | She wished her father was home but he was very rarely around much these days , and when he was her mother fought with him . |
| 21 | She yawned and stretched ; she wished her siesta could have lasted until the following morning — no , the following week . |
| 22 | She would n't wake him — but she wished her nagging pain would go away . |
| 23 | She wished her mother would leave the room , leave her alone with Miles . |
| 24 | She made it clear that she wished their relationship to continue , but could nor tolerate Charles 's violent outbursts . |
| 25 | The first thing she wished me to stress more fully in my essay was the goodness of many of her characters , even the occasional goodness of some of her tyrants . |
| 26 | It would n't be difficult to show that she wished me ill . |
| 27 | She wished me well , though neither of us knew |
| 28 | He said : ‘ She wished me luck next time I went back . ’ |
| 29 | She wished her to dust the furniture , burnish the coal scuttle , and clean the windows . |
| 30 | It was Charlotte 's wish really and when she wished something we all fought to fulfil it for her . |