Example sentences of "wish [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | For there had been no lack of men whom she had wished she could fall in love with , good men who would undoubtedly have made her happy . |
| 2 | Go to bed wishing I could have bestowed an extra twenty years ' active life upon Bunuel and Jane Austen . |
| 3 | And I — wishing I could say something really imposing , like Montmorency or Fitzpomeroy — said trenchantly : ‘ The name is Smith . ’ |
| 4 | I was showing this off in my first week — wishing I could walk on my hands too , like my father — when I broke the bed 's cast-iron frame . |
| 5 | I stared around , sweating , wishing I could go and lock myself in my nice safe ship . |
| 6 | wishing you could make some kind of gesture |
| 7 | I 'm in no hurry to get married , and anyway , it would n't be right while you 're still wishing you could be married to someone else . |
| 8 | She was wishing she could find the courage to go through the wood by the path . |
| 9 | Someone behind them coughed pointedly and they went quiet but Sally was wishing she could shout to the whole room : ‘ That 's my sister ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ His back 's healed and the fever 's gone , miss , though he 's still not himself , ’ Jess said , wishing she could get back to her work and the oblivion of the kitchen . |
| 11 | She smiled up at him , wishing she could will the tension out of his body , wishing she could make him relax that guard . |
| 12 | She smiled up at him , wishing she could will the tension out of his body , wishing she could make him relax that guard . |
| 13 | Ruth shivered , wishing she did n't understand so perfectly , wishing she could hide it from herself . |
| 14 | Meggie helped Mum , Granny sat there , wishing she could take on any job , as usual . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , ’ she countered abruptly , hugging her arms round herself , wishing she could sprout wings and fly somewhere private to live down her intense humiliation . |
| 16 | ‘ Were there any in the garden ? ’ asked Taheb , wishing she could draw her hand away . |
| 17 | ‘ You took nothing I did n't want to give , ’ she said , wishing she could see his face . |
| 18 | ‘ What are you up to ? ’ she frowned , wishing she could see his face . |
| 19 | She hovered awkwardly for a moment , wishing she could dispel the cloud of misunderstanding that suddenly seemed to hang between them . |
| 20 | Lisa stared down at the tablecloth , wishing she could think of some excuse to go . |
| 21 | Lisa nodded , swallowing , wishing she could believe that with her heart as she believed it with her head . |
| 22 | She was nineteen , the age Maria had been when she had first felt the power of Luke 's attraction , and Maria regarded her with ironic envy , wishing she could have reacted as insouciantly , her awe and admiration as impersonal as Penny 's , Luke confined to some remote pedestal along with other out-of-reach heroes , contact undreamed-of . |
| 23 | Gina obeyed , wishing she could avoid that piercing appraisal , feeling as trapped as a hypnotist 's victim . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm not a thing , not a work of art to be cherished and admired , a creation whose value will only increase with time , ’ she whispered , wishing she could find the strength to walk away from him , but feeling herself trapped by the powerful presence of his closeness , the warmth of his body , the erotic aura of his total maleness , a strength of spirit which went beyond the mere physical . |
| 25 | Even as she silently repeated the words she found herself looking into his sea-deep eyes , wishing she could drown in them . |
| 26 | Now , with the faint light of morning appearing through the curtains , she was content simply to gaze on his sleeping features , wishing the moment would never end , wishing she could lie here forever , holding the man who held her heart . |
| 27 | She was half-turned from him , letting her eyes follow the beams and wishing she could drift through the open doors as easily as the nets lifted in the seasonless breeze . |
| 28 | Fran swallowed hard , feeling the bitter taste of fear burning her throat as she stared into the man 's cold , flat eyes , wishing she could find her voice to tell him what he could do with his threats . |
| 29 | With a soft sigh she buried her face in his shoulder , wishing she could simply stay there forever , warm , cocooned , protected from the outside world . |
| 30 | Wishing she could cover all of him at once , Ashley stroked her hands across his chest . |