Example sentences of "[pers pn] wish [pers pn] would [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said : ‘ I wish they would catch him . |
| 2 | I think they mean that I look fat and ugly and I wish they would keep their remarks to themselves . |
| 3 | I wish they would take me with them . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I wish they 'd let me in . |
| 7 | ‘ I wish they 'd let me have my telephone , ’ Elinor whispered . |
| 8 | ‘ I wish they 'd let me go . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I wish they 'd turn their heads , ’ Chris said . |
| 10 | Well I wish they 'd correct your spelling . |
| 11 | ‘ I wish ye would forget him , Rab . ’ |
| 12 | I wish he would give me some of that , I 'm flipping starved . |
| 13 | I wish he would give me some too , but I suppose he brought the bread just for the birds . |
| 14 | I wish he would keep his eyes off me , Laura thought grimly , feeling certain that she must have experienced almost a lifetime 's amount of tension over the past few days . |
| 15 | There is some fella he 's working in his back yard and he 's hammering all day , I I wish he 'd give it up . |
| 16 | I wish he 'd ask me , ‘ What are the voices saying ? ’ |
| 17 | I wish he 'd say something . |
| 18 | But I wish he 'd civilize his living arrangements . |
| 19 | I wish he 'd get his teeth seen to ; do they have special police dentists or do they have to go to the ones everybody else goes to and hope the dentist does n't have some … have some grudge … some grudge against … ? |
| 20 | ‘ You know sometimes I wish it would make one that worked so I could fly away from here altogether . ’ |
| 21 | Oh Angel , I wish you would marry her if you lose me , as you will do soon . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I wish you would show us a little more respect , ’ she snapped , ‘ your language is dreadful . ’ |
| 23 | Wife : Listen , I wish you would tell me , ‘ I love you . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Doctor , I wish you would explain your aphorisms sometimes . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I wish you would call me Miguel . ’ |
| 26 | I wish you would close it now I am living here . |
| 27 | ‘ If you do n't mind , Damien , I think that 's my business , and I wish you 'd leave me alone . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I wish you 'd leave me alone , ’ she muttered . |
| 29 | ‘ Now I 'm officially off the case , I wish you 'd tell me more about this mysterious Zbigniew Nowak . ’ |
| 30 | I wish you 'd tell me it 's a joke , once and for all . |