Example sentences of "that [pron] wish [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An absolute certainty that no-one wishes you harm . |
| 2 | I made it clear on a number of occasions over recent years that there was , in retrospect , one change that I wish we had not made at the time , but it was one that was urged on us by right hon. Gentlemen opposite . |
| 3 | They have made no impression on the Yugoslavian tragedy — so much so that I wish we had developed our own foreign policy towards the future of Yugoslavia in general and to the states of Slovenia and Croatia in particular . |
| 4 | Although there was not much probability in my case , the answer is that I wish I had . |
| 5 | It 's just that I wish I 'd got my wretched memory back some other way . ’ |
| 6 | I wondered what would happen if I should say that I wished she had n't . |
| 7 | ‘ So I suddenly told him that I wished I had a son . |
| 8 | This semi-audible remark made me uneasy — that there had been debate at all on my utility — so much so that I wished I had never heard it . |
| 9 | And that 's when I felt that I wished I had of went for a career in the trade union or I felt that had I done that , I would have been satisfying something that was there . |
| 10 | Margrida 's absence would enable her to tell him that she wished him to cut down on the pretending — and on his caresses . |
| 11 | Now , when Paul told her the truth , her first thought was that she wished she had got herself an extra gown , while she was at it ; in fact she had been unable conveniently to carry any more , or would have done so . |
| 12 | That he had to pass fairly close to her made Jenna 's heart beat alarmingly and all she could think was that she wished she had phoned and spared herself this . |
| 13 | She does not deny that she wished she possessed it but knows she would not be able to stop herself falling into evil if she were to accept his offer . |
| 14 | ' ’ I trust to have word from you by this messenger , and delay only to know that you wish me to proceed . |
| 15 | ‘ Do I understand , sir , ’ I said , ‘ that you wish me to convey the information to the young gentleman ? ’ |
| 16 | One in 10 of you bravely admitted that you wish you 'd married a different man , but your main concern is still to try and make things work . |
| 17 | I 'm beginning to think you did n't enjoy it that time we did it properly , that you wish you had n't ! ’ |
| 18 | Today we all have access to the speed , warmth and comfort of cars , buses , trains and planes , if that is we have the money , if there is a service running when we want it to where we want to go and if there is n't already so much traffic ahead of us choking the roads , polluting the atmosphere that we wished we stayed at home . |
| 19 | These courses , designed to provide this information , were over-subscribed and the feedback from those who attended was that they wished they had been available earlier . |
| 20 | That he wished me to feel . |
| 21 | Peter said with perfect truth that he wished he knew . |
| 22 | He could see the end coming , and it was just as she 'd said ; the friends he 'd made and lost , and the women that he wished he 'd known better . |
| 23 | She looked so stricken at this that he wished he had n't said it . |
| 24 | The only time that he wished he had n't been quite so deeply involved in the skin trade was when the past came to visit . |
| 25 | Ben Hogan has said that he wished he had learned the importance of left forearm rotation earlier in his career , as it became one of his keys in his later years . |