Example sentences of "[pron] wish the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wish the other Royals were more like her . |
| 2 | I wish the enclosed cheque had another ‘ 0 ’ after it . |
| 3 | These big investors are putting a bold face on it and saying ‘ I wish the small investors would walk away , as then we can have more . ’ |
| 4 | In one bitter-sweet passage he said : ‘ I wish the Prime Minister well and hope his changes will produce whatever advantage for him and the Government that he intended . ’ |
| 5 | The following had been written : ‘ I entrust to my sons that if one should die before the other leaving no children he should make over his share to his surviving brother ; but if both die childless I wish the whole estate to pass to my granddaughter Claudia . ’ |
| 6 | In the unlikely event of an alternative Administration being returned to power and seeking to get talks started , on the basis of my experience over the past two years I wish the hon. Gentleman well . |
| 7 | Seven months on , how I wish the same could be said for the rest . |
| 8 | I wish the same held true of Hebron and Jerusalem . |
| 9 | I wish the same could be said for the piano he uses : it is clearly in need of a tune in the first of the Valses-Caprices . |
| 10 | I wish the same was true of aquatic outlets in general … |
| 11 | Those are just some of the memories I will take with me from this year 's Ryder Cup to join those I have of my previous three captaincies and I wish the next Ryder Cup Captain as much joy and success as I 've been lucky enough to experience . |
| 12 | I wish the old man would give some to it . |
| 13 | I wish the old man had lived to see me get the farm back . |
| 14 | Note that if you wish the updated package to be entered directly back into LIFESPAN then you must be the package manager and have an active Design Change ( DC ) on the package . |
| 15 | This is done politely , and you are careful to add that if anything unfortunate has happened , it was certainly not deliberate , and you wish the sick person a speedy recovery . |
| 16 | We thank Hilda and Isabel most warmly for their work , and we wish the new President , Peggy Secord , and the new Chairman , Pauline Kenward , every success . |
| 17 | They wish the inner city , which is three-quarters black , would just disappear . |