Example sentences of "wish i 'd be " in BNC.
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| 1 | After seeing the picture of Scafell Massif taken in evening sunshine from the summit of Yewbarrow , I could n't help wishing I 'd been there . |
| 2 | I was in the last category , I reckoned , which did n't stop me wishing I 'd been born into the first . |
| 3 | I know it 's my fault she 's here , I suppose in a few years time I 'll wish I 'd been here , but now I want to be out enjoying myself . |
| 4 | But I wish I 'd been a snobby old ratbag with some power on the Inverness-shire County Council planning committee in the 60s . |
| 5 | Wish I 'd been there . |
| 6 | I wish I 'd been around when the Titanic |
| 7 | I wish I 'd been told early on what I looked like and what I was doing to my body . |
| 8 | Nobody wanted to be cruel enough to hurt me because they thought I was so vulnerable at that time and I really wish I 'd been told that I looked disgusting ! |
| 9 | She said sharply , ‘ My romantic novels enabled you girls to have a carefree life , the sort of life I wish I 'd been able to give your father . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I wish I 'd been brought up in one of these , ’ he said , ‘ rather than a tower block . |
| 11 | I wish I 'd been there to see . ’ |
| 12 | Looking back I wish I 'd been more courageous . |
| 13 | ‘ I wish I 'd been older on the Drive , ’ said Nooty . |
| 14 | ‘ I wish I 'd been there to hear it . |
| 15 | ‘ I wish I 'd been involved with his case two or three years ago , ’ says Mr Stafford Smith , ‘ because the best shot you have is on direct appeal . |
| 16 | ‘ I always wished I 'd been in love and run away when I was young . ’ |
| 17 | I wished I 'd been able to take a photograph of gaunt-face , but I 'd been more keen to listen . |