Example sentences of "i wish " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I extend my covenant , if I wish to continue making payments over a longer period ? |
| 2 | What if I wish to give small amounts regularly over a period ? |
| 3 | What if I wish to give a sum of capital or a sum in excess of my annual taxable income ? |
| 4 | ‘ On behalf of the family of my late brother , Robert , I wish to thank you for the compassion and care shown to him by your organization during his long and difficult illness . |
| 5 | I wish to express my sincerest thanks to ‘ all those taking part ’ , and for giving me their time . |
| 6 | Not that I wish to say , he wrote , that everything is inevitable , on the contrary , I wish to assert emphatically that nothing is inevitable and nothing was inevitable , neither what I did nor what I thought , neither what I felt nor what I suffered , yet everything was necessary , a necessary beginning and necessary Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) is misleading , since it was only after I had begun that I knew I had begun , while before I had begun , before the 27 July 1967 , there was no beginning , as there was no end , there was no time and there was no freedom from time , only endless cups of coffee , endless cups of tea , endless biscuits and endless bacon sandwiches . |
| 7 | Not that I wish to say , he wrote , that everything is inevitable , on the contrary , I wish to assert emphatically that nothing is inevitable and nothing was inevitable , neither what I did nor what I thought , neither what I felt nor what I suffered , yet everything was necessary , a necessary beginning and necessary Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) is misleading , since it was only after I had begun that I knew I had begun , while before I had begun , before the 27 July 1967 , there was no beginning , as there was no end , there was no time and there was no freedom from time , only endless cups of coffee , endless cups of tea , endless biscuits and endless bacon sandwiches . |
| 8 | However , I have now been through the notebook you left with me and there are a few things I wish . |
| 9 | ‘ I wish you 'd all stop this , ’ she said , rubbing her forehead . |
| 10 | Claire said , ‘ I wish I had long hair . |
| 11 | I wish you could stay here for ever . |
| 12 | Kezia said , ‘ I wish too , I could stay forever . ’ |
| 13 | But Claire said , ‘ I wish there was something I could do to help . ’ |
| 14 | I wish the Festival success for 1991 . |
| 15 | I wish you and everyone else at the school every success in the future . |
| 16 | I wish I could do that . |
| 17 | Our hair became longer and — in police terms — almost verged on the wild , confirming Hallpike , ( 1969 : 260 ) , who argued : ‘ the hypothesis I wish to advance in this article [ is ] that long hair is associated with being outside society and that the cutting of hair symbolizes re-entering society , or living under a particularly disciplinary regime within society … . |
| 18 | If you have to go home now , and I wish you would n't , then call me tomorrow and give me a date . |
| 19 | I wish you luck , sweetie ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I wish you would remain under the protection of my men . |
| 21 | She thinks , I wish she would n't . |
| 22 | Remember I thought of having him in Ireland - I wish I had . |
| 23 | However , I believe that the vast majority of woodturners in the UK are amateurs like myself , and it is the contrast between our approach to pricing and that of the professional which I wish to discuss . |
| 24 | I will inform the bank in writing if I wish to cancel this Instruction . |
| 25 | I wish to congratulate you on exposing the hypocrisy of the Lakeland climbing scene . |
| 26 | ‘ I wish it were true that the fund will continue to grow , but we are at the mercy of the markets , and we must keep a healthy capital amount for all needy old soldiers down on their luck . |
| 27 | He came closer to jest , though perhaps not close enough , when asked about his favourite curry : ‘ I wish I had got that many runs this summer . ’ |
| 28 | I wish they had done better with the peacockery . |
| 29 | I wish Mr Coleman a safe trip home and a less xenophobic piece next year . |
| 30 | I wish I could join him in the corridor , but now it is so crammed that there is no room . |