Example sentences of "he wished see " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Paul replied that he wished to see Mr Lamprey ; the name had intrigued him , but now he was too greatly assailed by nervousness to perceive humour in anything . |
| 2 | He had a clear vision of the kind of Korea he wished to see created , which would be based on the repudiation of Japan and vehement antagonism to communism . |
| 3 | Scriptural authority was a further resource in his assault on Aristotelian philosophy , for there was no reference in Genesis to the creation of fire , which he wished to see excised from the elements . |
| 4 | In March 1939 he gave the Boutwood Foundation lectures at Corpus Christi College , Cambridge , in which he outlined the kind of society which he wished to see established , a society which actively advanced the values and principles which he found so signally lacking in Neville Chamberlain 's England . |
| 5 | Lord Denning raised the obvious question as to whether the judges might misuse their power — power which he wished to see dramatically increased — but he argued that we " need have no fear … |
| 6 | I bit back my questions as Mandeville began to list what he wished to see the following morning : Arthur 's tomb ; the manuscript in which Hopkins had found the riddle ; and any other matter the reverend Abbot and Brother Eadred thought might assist us in our search . |
| 7 | Mann stressed that he wished to see a solution based on substantial autonomy given to Punjab , within the framework of the Indian Constitution , but without recourse to an independent state . |
| 8 | As part of the process of opening up to the West , Kim used the occasion to give an interview to the Washington Times in which he called for improved relations with the USA and said that he wished to see a US embassy established in the capital , Pyongyang , " as quickly as possible " . |
| 9 | The Lord of the Manor had sent word that he wished to see the players . |
| 10 | He wished to see an improvement in the payment on account scheme . |
| 11 | A good seventeenth-century example is Thomas Howard , second earl of Arundel , a great collector of pictures , who volunteered in 1636 for a special embassy to the Emperor Ferdinand II simply because he wished to see and perhaps buy a number of art treasures about which his agents in Germany had sent him glowing reports . |