Example sentences of "i wish he [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I wish he would give me some of that , I 'm flipping starved .
2 I wish he would give me some too , but I suppose he brought the bread just for the birds .
3 Women say their partners have unpleasant habits , many of which interfere with lovemaking , such as ‘ burping ’ , ‘ breaking wind ’ , ‘ scratching ’ , ‘ snorting with catarrh ’ , smoking ( ‘ I wish he would give up smoking .
4 I wish he would walk , he 's been so heavy for me to carry .
5 I wish he would show some indignance , express some opinion , but there is nothing forthcoming .
6 Dodd 's mother said : ‘ I wish he would choose a lethal injection . ’
7 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 .
8 I wish he would die , and then I could forget him completely ! ’
9 ‘ Carmen regards him as a kind of guru and I 'm the first to admit he 's been an invaluable catalyst in her career , but I wish he could talk about something other than medicine . ’
10 His shot was like a bullet , I wish he could clear his lines like that !
11 I wish he could use his Saudi influences to prevent the barbaric practice of decapitation of human beings which takes place every Friday in the square at Riyadh in Saudi Arabia .
12 I wish he could read that .
13 I wish he could help himself .
14 I wish he 'd start writing .
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 go away .
17 But I wish he 'd stop nicking my bleeding torch , he 's getting a swine for that .
18 Well like I said , I said that , I said that to Pete and Pete goes , God I wish he 'd make up his mind !
19 I wish he 'd die sometimes .
20 I wish he 'd ask me , ‘ What are the voices saying ? ’
21 I wish he 'd hurry . ’
22 I wish he 'd hurry up and give us it .
23 I wish he 'd say something .
24 I wish he 'd smile at me like that , Anne thought .
25 But I wish he 'd civilize his living arrangements .
26 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 … ?
27 Do you know , I wish he 'd get paid same week we do !
28 I wish he 'd come home , ’ Cissie replied with a small sigh .
29 ‘ All the same , I wish he 'd come home , ’ she insisted .
30 to think I wish he 'd come back I get back to how life was cos I would n't touch it with a barge pole .
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