Example sentences of "i wish to " in BNC.
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| 1 | No way do I wish to be seen as a killjoy , I , I like a drink myself , I would always happy to give somebody a drink , but it 's the over indulgence which worries us . |
| 2 | If I wished to be cruel about the discussion this far , I would suggest that it has the evasive character of much comparative writing . |
| 3 | Early in 1975 , when the condition of her health — she had had a recurrence of cancer — was obviously very serious , Elizabeth wrote to me about the letters , requesting the destruction of her own after her death , and asking what I wished to be done with mine . |
| 4 | The accomplice becomes an enemy , and in due course a victim , at which point he can only salute the irony of his being executed on All Souls , Day : ‘ This is the day wherein I wished to fall/By the false faith of him whom most I trusted ’ ( V.i . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Trouble-makers were visible by reason of their demeanour and I wished to be observed as little as possible . |
| 7 | I wished to be charitable to the boy , my lord . |
| 8 | As for last words , there are some fully-authenticated late ones addressed to an editor which sound more convincing : ‘ I wish to God you could let me have £5 more on account . ’ |
| 9 | Like this I ca n't treat you as I wish to . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I wish to God you 'd stop staring at me , ’ he said . |
| 11 | I wish to be at home with you indeed , indeed-my Joy is only in the bud here I am like that Tree , which fronts me — The Sun shines bright & warm , as if it were summer — but it is not summer & so it shines on leafless boughs . |
| 12 | Epictetus said , ‘ This is what I wish to be engaged in when death finds me , so that I may be able to say to God , ‘ Have I in any respect transgressed Thy commands ? |
| 13 | The wordings used for trusts are essentially these : ‘ I entrust ’ , ‘ I request ’ , ‘ I wish to be given ’ , and so on . |
| 14 | I wish to eventually add invertebrates to this tank . |
| 15 | I wish to be a good man and a Christian , but I am no Whig , no Reformist , no Republican . ’ |
| 16 | I wish to be wholly responsible for my acts , to be master of my fate ; I shall make my own choice of ends , distance myself from my own reactions and learn to manipulate them like external events . |
| 17 | ‘ I wish to hell I had done that . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Anyway , she is my duchess — and I shall invite her if I wish to ! |
| 19 | ‘ I wish to God you were coming to college , too , ’ Benny said suddenly . |
| 20 | ‘ More or less , ’ she lied , before adding , ‘ although I wish to God I were more like you . ’ |
| 21 | I wish to Christ you would ! ’ |
| 22 | She insisted : ‘ I wish to God it was true , but I am not even worth £1 million . |
| 23 | I wish to heavens I was still allowed to use the birch and belt as I did in the good old days ! |
| 24 | As such , I will realize that I must do it , whether I wish to or not . |
| 25 | Thus a note might reach the union committee asking for exemption from the quarterly meeting ( to avoid a fine ) such as the one from Mrs K. who in 1922 said " I wish to be exempt from Society meetings as I have to attend to my children in the evenings " . |
| 26 | " God , " said Toby violently , " I wish to Christ " |
| 27 | ‘ I wish to God I knew , ’ he said , but he could not look at her , because he did know . |
| 28 | Then he said , I wish to God I 'd met someone like G.P. when I was a student . |
| 29 | ‘ I wish to God I could . |
| 30 | I wish to hell we could get the forensic pathology service sorted out before I go . |