Example sentences of "he wished [pron] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wished she could understand that without having to be told . |
| 2 | He wished he could stop the conversation . |
| 3 | He wished he could feel easier with William . |
| 4 | He wished he could instruct Eleanor to leave a hair grip , but she did n't use any . |
| 5 | He wished he could explain about Donald . |
| 6 | He wished he could go on holding her hand , but that was impossible . |
| 7 | Once again he wished he could 've listened in . |
| 8 | For a moment , he wished he could tell Elinor these things . |
| 9 | Athelstan could n't leave his parish and go into the city , but he wished he could speak to the coroner , apologise for leaving him so abruptly the night before last . |
| 10 | He wished he could speak to Zeinab about it . |
| 11 | ‘ Doctor Andrews told me that he kept on saying how much he wished he could have left you enough money to live on ; but , as you know , nearly everything he possessed he 'd already bequeathed to that French museum which he started himself . |
| 12 | ( How he wished he could have said Oxford . |
| 13 | He wished he could have invited him to dinner that night . |
| 14 | He wished he could say something encouraging , but he did n't feel encouraged . |
| 15 | He wished he could remember what you were supposed to do when you wanted to register as unemployed , but he always forgot . |
| 16 | He wished he could destroy himself , as she had been destroyed . |
| 17 | More than that , he wished he could put his finger on why he did n't . |