Example sentences of "wish i 'd " in BNC.
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| 1 | you know , quite , But I 'd wished I 'd , I wish I 'd have got those photographs to show off . |
| 2 | Sir I 'm beginning to wish I 'd never resurrected this matter . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I assured him I was only on a romantic , misty-eyed mission , though secretly I was wishing I 'd sent the birthday card instead to Winston Place . |
| 5 | I was in the last category , I reckoned , which did n't stop me wishing I 'd been born into the first . |
| 6 | I 'm not sure that I really knew her and I 'm left wishing I 'd tried harder . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I 'm certainly wishing I 'd never heard of the wretched letters , that 's for sure ! ’ she exclaimed , recovering her spirit . |
| 8 | Already I was wishing I 'd never been to see Angy , even though I knew how much being estranged from his family had hurt him and it would mean a lot to him to get the ring back . ’ |
| 9 | I remember thinking something unprintable as I flew through the air and remember wishing I 'd worn a body protector as I landed very hard . |
| 10 | ‘ Ooh , Dot , I do wish I 'd took you . |
| 11 | I used to listen and wish I 'd got something to offer . |
| 12 | ‘ If they 've hurt a single nome they 'll wish I 'd never been born , ’ said Masklin . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I 'll probably wish I 'd never mentioned the matter , but it seems necessary to me at the moment , so there it is . |
| 15 | ‘ But I would hate to get to 40 and look back , thinking : ‘ I wish I 'd given it my best shot ’ . ’ |
| 16 | I wish I 'd hidden the bits — I feel silly ripping it up for nothing . |
| 17 | I wish I 'd got my woolly hat . |
| 18 | I wish I 'd bought some chips — I 'm still pretty hungry . |
| 19 | I wish I 'd got some cos I could really do with a hot drink . |
| 20 | Positive thinking will have to wait a while , but it augurs well for one of the young ringsiders who turned up in his smartest suit and said : ‘ What a disgusting fight ; I wish I 'd worn my tracksuit . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I wish I 'd never told Joyce , ’ she said . |
| 22 | I wish I 'd stayed at home to clean the oven after all . |
| 23 | ‘ I wish I 'd never been born . |
| 24 | ‘ I wish I 'd known that . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I wish I 'd changed to diesel long ago . |
| 26 | ‘ I wish I 'd told him to , to … ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I wish I 'd stayed a dancer . ’ |
| 28 | But I wish I 'd been a snobby old ratbag with some power on the Inverness-shire County Council planning committee in the 60s . |
| 29 | ‘ I wish I 'd understood it more at the time . ’ |
| 30 | Wish I 'd never bothered . |