Example sentences of "she wish [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Langley says she wishes you would go . |
| 2 | I 'd wager she wishes she could turn tail and run already ! ’ |
| 3 | She wished they would go away and just leave her alone . |
| 4 | How she wished they could turn him out at once . |
| 5 | Their relationship was civilized and uncomplicated , and she wished it could have been that way too for Vi and Jane . |
| 6 | But I know she wished it could have been different . |
| 7 | She wished he would walk out and leave her on her own . |
| 8 | Wherever she went his eyes followed her and she wished he would speak even if it was only a harsh word . |
| 9 | And she wished he would do up his pyjamas . |
| 10 | She wished he would leave the Legion altogether and come home . |
| 11 | She wished he would go away . |
| 12 | For the first time ever she wished he would go and that Shirley would come back in . |
| 13 | She wished he would stop talking for now he was saying , ‘ I 've been associated with Harrods of London for many years . |
| 14 | She wished he would stop . |
| 15 | She wished he would stop pacing about . |
| 16 | She wished he would stop talking , because something one of them had said had stirred the memory of a puzzling moment . |
| 17 | She wished he would stop talking about money — and her temporary lack of it . |
| 18 | She wished he would come home . |
| 19 | She wished he would understand she wanted him to go but Shildon sat there while she dialled and then he went into the garden . |
| 20 | She wished he could love her ! |
| 21 | She wished he could have been here for Christmas . |
| 22 | She wished he 'd quit doing that to her hand — but she did n't want to move it in case he moved on to her lips . |
| 23 | She wished he 'd stop crying … |
| 24 | She wished he 'd stop treating her almost as if he was happy to have her around again . |
| 25 | She wished he 'd stop it . |
| 26 | She wished she would understand ; but then how could she ? |
| 27 | She wished she might go home , leaving Emma to watch and wait . |
| 28 | His voice was guarded , but through it all she could hear the yearning and she wished she could break through the barriers he 'd erected against her ; she dearly wanted him to reveal his true self . |
| 29 | How she wished she could do more for them and for her mother . |
| 30 | She wished she could think of something to say that would make him trust her , only after her stupid behaviour earlier she thought it might be a long time before he fully believed her . |