Example sentences of "wish [pron] 'd [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she was to tell one of her oldest friends : ‘ I only wish I 'd put my foot down with them years ago . ’ |
| 2 | Be very specific in spelling out desired actions , avoid being vague ( not ‘ I wish she 'd be more helpful ’ but ‘ I wish she 'd help me with the weekend shopping ’ ) . |
| 3 | ‘ I wish she 'd get her hair done , ’ Algy said when Lady Grubb was out of the room . |
| 4 | I 'm left staring at it with my adrenalin draining into the floorboards , and though I wish she 'd let me take them I find I 'm getting bored . |
| 5 | ‘ I just wish you 'd pull yourself together , ’ she said half despairingly . |
| 6 | I just wish you 'd leave me alone . |
| 7 | ‘ If you do n't mind , Damien , I think that 's my business , and I wish you 'd leave me alone . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I wish you 'd leave me alone , ’ she muttered . |
| 9 | ‘ Now I 'm officially off the case , I wish you 'd tell me more about this mysterious Zbigniew Nowak . ’ |
| 10 | I wish you 'd tell me it 's a joke , once and for all . |
| 11 | ‘ I wish you 'd tell me what you want , ’ said Mrs Wimbush sharply . |
| 12 | I 've explained it often enough to you , Frank , and I wish you 'd accept what I say . |
| 13 | ‘ I wish you 'd say something like that to Alison . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I wish you 'd say something . ’ |
| 15 | I wish you 'd believe me ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I wish you 'd take me with you , ’ said Aelis from under the shadow of her tangled golden hair , in a tone he had never heard from her before . |
| 17 | I wish you 'd take yourself away from me . ’ |
| 18 | And here 's me , fuck I wish you 'd keep your fucking trap shut so I can tell him what it is ! |
| 19 | ‘ I wish you 'd remember what I keep urging you about the Hörst Wessel Song . |
| 20 | I wish you 'd let me cook something for you , what about an omelette ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I wish you 'd let me explain to Old Red . |
| 22 | ‘ I wish you 'd let me look at it . ’ |
| 23 | He said , contrite , ‘ I wish you 'd let me read your diary sometime . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I wish you 'd let me explain . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I wish you 'd let me sleep in another bed . |
| 26 | Some of the lecturers keep saying in a lecture , ‘ this is somehow related to something else you 've done somewhere else ’ and I wish they 'd tell us how it 's related to something else because half the time we ca n't see that . |
| 27 | There used to be some nice serials for They used to be thrilling you know , er I can remember I wish they 'd show them now They used to be what we used to call , The voice on the wire and then there was another serial called , Peggo the Ring . |
| 28 | Well I wish they 'd correct your spelling . |
| 29 | ‘ I wish they 'd turn their heads , ’ Chris said . |
| 30 | I wish they 'd let me in . |