Example sentences of "i wish i could be " in BNC.

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1 I wished I could be a fly on the wall .
2 The first time I saw them , I wished I could be a Gnat .
3 I wished I could be sick on my mother 's wedding dress .
4 I wish I could be as certain but I asked the hospital to meet her as well just in case .
5 I wish I could be more enthusiastic about Jane Eaglen 's Mathilde , especially as I was so disappointed by her Scottish Opera Brunnhilde .
6 I wish I could be with them !
7 ‘ You 're all mad , ’ said a red-nosed Bardolphian Gefreiter , ‘ I wish I could be a prisoner : you would n't catch me trying to get back to the war ’
8 I wish I could be sure of that . ’
9 ‘ It 's wrong of me , but I wish I could be at Lady Mead , Goddy .
10 ‘ Angel , I wish I could be with you , but we both know I ca n't .
11 More than anything I wish I could be with you .
12 ‘ How I wish I could be there to see it ! ’
13 I wish I could be a fly on the wall in your life this week !
14 He asked us many questions , and said as we left , ‘ I wish I could be more active in helping you . ’
15 I wish I could be more explicit .
16 ‘ Well , I wish I could be more help , but all I 've heard are rumours — a lot of confused stories .
17 I wish I could be doing something , moving , he thought , with an infantryman 's loathing of being pinned down in a known position .
18 I wish I could be more like Angela in Married To The Mob , in that respect . ’
19 I wish I could be that noble . ’
20 I wish I could be what you want , but I ca n't .
21 I wish I could be like you and just give up the Glens for Linfield .
22 do n't like spicy , I wish I could be like that , but it do n't like I mean
23 I wish I could be like it , cos I 'm so unorganised Christmas morning , by five o'clock I 'm not even dressed .
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