Example sentences of "i wish he would [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 | ‘ I wish he 'd start writing . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ I wish he 'd go away . |
| 12 | But I wish he 'd stop nicking my bleeding torch , he 's getting a swine for that . |
| 13 | Well like I said , I said that , I said that to Pete and Pete goes , God I wish he 'd make up his mind ! |
| 14 | I wish he 'd die sometimes . |
| 15 | I wish he 'd ask me , ‘ What are the voices saying ? ’ |
| 16 | I wish he 'd hurry . ’ |
| 17 | I wish he 'd hurry up and give us it . |
| 18 | I wish he 'd say something . |
| 19 | I wish he 'd smile at me like that , Anne thought . |
| 20 | But I wish he 'd civilize his living arrangements . |
| 21 | 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 … ? |
| 22 | Do you know , I wish he 'd get paid same week we do ! |
| 23 | ‘ I wish he 'd come home , ’ Cissie replied with a small sigh . |
| 24 | ‘ All the same , I wish he 'd come home , ’ she insisted . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | But , no , I wished I had , I wish he 'd come back and I , and he could see how good , how |