Example sentences of "that [pers pn] wished " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So I suddenly told him that I wished I had a son . |
| 2 | Nor that I wished to give myself in life |
| 3 | But although I wrote in my diary that I wished I were dead , I never seriously considered death — suicide — as a solution to my problems . |
| 4 | I remember thinking that I wished they would . |
| 5 | I then replied loftily that I wished to make ‘ a certain suggestion to him ’ . |
| 6 | It seemed to me that there were two types of variations that I wished to explore , and there were a number of different methods that I would have to employ to resolve some of the problems that arose once I started to ask questions about these variations . |
| 7 | Going to another church ( of the Presbyterian Church of England ) my love of God came to be the central factor in my life , and aged almost sixteen I told my headmistress with quiet confidence that I wished to be ordained . |
| 8 | I went on to say to him that I wished to make it clear that my disquiet did not relate to any particular name , but if in fact the names that I had heard turned out to be a correct report , and he published the List , the List would support legitimate criticism . |
| 9 | ‘ You will have guessed the first , ’ he resumed , masticating the thick coils of smoke , ‘ namely that I wished to inculcate you a little further in the understanding of my true nature , a little further but not too far — keep 'em guessing is my motto . |
| 10 | I was too meek to tell her that I wished I was . |
| 11 | I wondered what would happen if I should say that I wished she had n't . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I have made all the amendments that I wished to make to the procedures and I have done it in pencil with a copy to circulate . |
| 15 | On 18 January 1984 she told a gathering of parliamentary lobby journalists that she wished to be remembered for breaking the consensus and tackling traditionally ‘ immune targets ’ . |
| 16 | Giving her reasons for that the mother said that she wished access to be resumed at some point in the future , that D remembered her as the natural mother , and there was a bond between them which would be cut off or damaged by adoption . |
| 17 | But now she announced that she wished this title to be publicly used . |
| 18 | No , I assure you of that but , well , for one thing the Elsie I knew made it clear to me that she wished to make a new life for herself , start more or less from scratch . |
| 19 | Only last week she had told Henry ( who had lived in Maple Drive for twelve years ) that she wished to welcome him to the neighbourhood . |
| 20 | She made it clear that she wished their relationship to continue , but could nor tolerate Charles 's violent outbursts . |
| 21 | His mother summoned him ; she made it clear that she wished to see him alone . |
| 22 | She asked if I had heard from you and said that she wished to read the novel you were writing , and I 'm afraid I said I thought you were writing it . |
| 23 | Now , when Paul told her the truth , her first thought was that she wished she had got herself an extra gown , while she was at it ; in fact she had been unable conveniently to carry any more , or would have done so . |
| 24 | Offers continued to roll in , some so tempting that I did not see how she could refuse them , but with four children now of whom none was over twelve , she was adamant that she wished to be with them , and this meant that we could move further afield . |
| 25 | She was not a lesbian and it was Constance 's mind that she wished to possess , not her body . |
| 26 | Dr Black stressed , however , that she wished to work within whatever framework the governors and parents voted for . |
| 27 | A client told Lawyer D that she wished to bequeath her money to her children , including her share of a house owned jointly with her husband . |
| 28 | In 1953 Antenor 's eighteen-year-old daughter , Maria Isabel , met and fell in love with James Goldsmith ( then the son of a hotel manager with little more than a taste for gambling and various romantic exploits to recommend him ) , and informed her father that she wished to marry him . |
| 29 | She informed the father after she had reached England that she wished to remain in England with the children permanently . |
| 30 | She emphasised that she did not want to get better ; that there was no reason or motive for her to get better ; that she wished to remain in control ; that she would cure herself when she decided that it was right to do so . |