Example sentences of "[conj] i wish [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it was rephrased , ‘ Do you ever find yourself saying , I wish 1 could do this better or I wish I knew more about that ? ’ it was more easily understood . |
| 2 | I made it clear on a number of occasions over recent years that there was , in retrospect , one change that I wish we had not made at the time , but it was one that was urged on us by right hon. Gentlemen opposite . |
| 3 | They have made no impression on the Yugoslavian tragedy — so much so that I wish we had developed our own foreign policy towards the future of Yugoslavia in general and to the states of Slovenia and Croatia in particular . |
| 4 | Although there was not much probability in my case , the answer is that I wish I had . |
| 5 | It 's just that I wish I 'd got my wretched memory back some other way . ’ |
| 6 | I wondered what would happen if I should say that I wished she had n't . |
| 7 | ‘ So I suddenly told him that I wished I had a son . |
| 8 | This semi-audible remark made me uneasy — that there had been debate at all on my utility — so much so that I wished I had never heard it . |
| 9 | And that 's when I felt that I wished I had of went for a career in the trade union or I felt that had I done that , I would have been satisfying something that was there . |
| 10 | I do not even like to see her , it makes me uncomfortable and I wish her gone , as quickly as possible . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ And I wish her to have it . |
| 12 | And I wish we had news of Mr. Stevenson . |
| 13 | " In that case , " said the second brother , " I wish all these doves could be turned to a herd of cattle , and I wish they belonged to me . " |
| 14 | In relation to what the hon. Member for Walsall , North ( Mr. Winnick ) said about the letters that I receive , very few of them to date , particularly since we have been televised , have been about bad behaviour in the House — rather the reverse — and I wish it to remain that way . |
| 15 | A great gimmick and I wish I 'd thought of it . |
| 16 | Of course , I 've never thought her dizzy ; I 've always admired her , and I wish I had a little of her grey matter . ’ |
| 17 | There is no space to go into detail about the ding-dong and the relevance of that remark , but it is gentlemanly mayhem at its best and I wish I had seen the first encounters between the CSIRO and its critic , who , I infer , also had a go at the research on skeleton weed . |
| 18 | In any case , it is too difficult for me , and I wish I had been a movie comedian or something of the sort and had never heard of physics ’ . |
| 19 | And I wish I had married her ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ No , I 'm not ready and I wish I had n't come , if you really want to know . |
| 21 | There is a good social life in the village , and I wish I had a chance to become more involved . |
| 22 | I just had to say that is beautiful and I wish I had more words to describe it , but I have n't yet . |
| 23 | I MADE one of my rare visits to town this week and I wish I had not . |
| 24 | And I wish I knew why . |
| 25 | in the window half and I wish I knew which half this is it 's all rather complicated , but I 'll see |
| 26 | Very pleased to have yours and as I said in my last it 's your money , God has been very kind to you and you must n't fly up in the face of his kindness and I wish you had not taken this step , your Uncle Steve says property 's more trouble than it 's worth . |
| 27 | ‘ Such innuendo , Chief Inspector , is wholly without foundation , and I wish you to know that one of my friends back home is the fiercest libel lawyer — ’ |
| 28 | Richard made a very and I wish he had the confidence about our proposals . |
| 29 | He converted my mother to Food Reform , and when she made a salad of grated vegetables for Christmas dinner in 1955 , my father walked out and I wish he 'd taken us with him . |
| 30 | I think a medical problem different say for instance for myself I got an awful bash on the nose playing badminton and they thought it was broken , however it mended and I wished it had broken because its mended a bit , but I do not believe in spending money on cosmetic surgery because I think if you make the best of what you have and think of all the people were mutilated by disease |