Example sentences of "wished he have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards Lewis wished he had said something scathing , alluding perhaps to the lateness of the hour or Adam 's appearance . |
| 2 | When she stooped and retrieved her basket , and went rapidly back to the house with it , Patrick wished he had said something , that he had called out to her . |
| 3 | He wished he had asked her name . |
| 4 | He pushed the door open and wished he had asked for a candle . |
| 5 | But he was in no way repentant , for he had parried this by saying he wished he had killed him and if he ever came across him again he would make another attempt . |
| 6 | He wished he had danced with her . |
| 7 | He had been frightened , wished he had kept quiet . |
| 8 | For the first time he felt awkward with this tall girl who was young enough to be his daughter , and he wished he had warned Mrs Deacon what to expect . |
| 9 | Maxim wished he had made the call himself even if George had had to look up and dial the number for him . |
| 10 | Coffin wished he had observed Edward Pitt more closely on that evening , but he had been so taken up with Letty . |
| 11 | Now he wished he had waited a year and a half and done the same thing here . |
| 12 | The Bishop wished he had remained standing . |
| 13 | Leaving the court , Penn was asked if he wished he had done things differently . |
| 14 | He retorted that the choice had been to close the paper and he wished he had done that because it would have been remembered as a decent publication . |
| 15 | Rincewind wished he had paid more attention to anthropology lectures at University . |
| 16 | The shyness flooded back , and he desperately wished he had left the invitation unsaid . |
| 17 | Ben Hogan has said that he wished he had learned the importance of left forearm rotation earlier in his career , as it became one of his keys in his later years . |
| 18 | He wished he had thought to forge some names on them . |
| 19 | Later , changing into his dinner jacket in the executive cloakroom , Matthew wished he had thought to ask someone to accompany him to the chairman 's party . |
| 20 | He wished he had brought his overcoat . |
| 21 | He wished he had taken Sir John aside , made his peace and offered some refreshment , some claret in one of the Cheapside taverns . |
| 22 | ‘ It has failed , ’ he said , then suddenly looked as if he wished he had bitten his tongue . |
| 23 | She almost wished he had managed to take it back sooner . |
| 24 | At times like these he wished he had married an Englishwoman . |
| 25 | Hana looked at her husband with pride but wished he had cleaned his boots better . |
| 26 | He wished he 'd hung from the rail and reduced the distance , but that would have taken several seconds to set up and his pursuer had already been half-way across the room . |
| 27 | He wished he 'd kept quiet . |
| 28 | She wished he 'd intended it . |
| 29 | He wished he 'd eaten them now . |
| 30 | He wished he 'd got some sleep on the bed when the humans were studying him ; it had looked quite comfortable . |