Example sentences of "wish i could be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wish I could be as certain but I asked the hospital to meet her as well just in case . |
| 2 | I wish I could be more enthusiastic about Jane Eaglen 's Mathilde , especially as I was so disappointed by her Scottish Opera Brunnhilde . |
| 3 | ‘ The kids love having me here , they wish I could be here all the time . |
| 4 | ‘ I wish I could be with them ! |
| 5 | ‘ 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 ’ |
| 6 | I wish I could be sure of that . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's wrong of me , but I wish I could be at Lady Mead , Goddy . |
| 8 | I often wish I could be more like her . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Angel , I wish I could be with you , but we both know I ca n't . |
| 10 | More than anything I wish I could be with you . |
| 11 | ‘ How I wish I could be there to see it ! ’ |
| 12 | I wish I could be a fly on the wall in your life this week ! |
| 13 | He asked us many questions , and said as we left , ‘ I wish I could be more active in helping you . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I wish I could be more explicit . |
| 15 | ‘ I just wish I could be sure that your chosen career had nothing to do with the fact that it was mine ! ’ |
| 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 . |
| 24 | I wished I could be a fly on the wall . |
| 25 | I looked at him and wished I could be so unconcerned . |
| 26 | The first time I saw them , I wished I could be a Gnat . |
| 27 | As I looked sadly at my hands and boots , I remembered that I was only a common working boy , and wished I could be different . |
| 28 | I wished I could be sick on my mother 's wedding dress . |