Example sentences of "[pron] wish [pron] [vb mod] tell [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 | Now , thirty years later , I feel a great regret for the father of my first four years , who took me out , and who probably loved me , irresponsibly ( " it 's all right for him ; he does n't have to look after you " ) , and I wish I could tell him now , even though he was , in my sister 's words , a sod , that I 'm sorry for my years of rejection and dislike . |
| 3 | I wish I could tell him that we are all in the same boat . |
| 4 | She looked after him and said , in a low voice , ‘ I wish I could tell you what it was like in the desert . |
| 5 | I wish I could tell you about the new brand names that have entered my life to take their place alongside Sony , Miyake , Commodore , Brother , Byblos , Hitachi and Nintendo — Mama and Papas , Baby Gap , Avanti , Ultra-Togs , Mama Toto , Mini/Man . |
| 6 | I wish I could tell you myself how much I love you and miss you . |
| 7 | ‘ I wish I could tell you I 'd expected there to be . ’ |
| 8 | I wish I could tell you when the inspection for the Best Kept Village is to take place , but I 'm afraid it 's a well kept secret ! |
| 9 | Wife : Listen , I wish you would tell me , ‘ I love you . ’ |
| 10 | I wish you will tell me instead who is that lady over there . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Now I 'm officially off the case , I wish you 'd tell me more about this mysterious Zbigniew Nowak . ’ |
| 12 | I wish you 'd tell me it 's a joke , once and for all . |
| 13 | ‘ I wish you 'd tell me what you want , ’ said Mrs Wimbush sharply . |
| 14 | ‘ I wish someone would tell me just what 's going on . ’ |
| 15 | She wished she could tell him that Mr Evans had n't stolen the Will after all , but Nick had never thought that he had , so there was no point in it . |
| 16 | She wished she could tell him that was nonsense but she feared Pascoe 's death was confirmation of something she had imagined , not proof of something she had found incredible . |
| 17 | He wished someone would tell him what to do … . |