Example sentences of "[pers pn] wish [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I started to feel a revulsion against this desultory wandering over all the departments of knowledge ; I wished to force some limitation on myself so as to probe individual subjects more deeply and thoroughly . |
| 2 | I have friends in Holland who are to visit next August and I wished to acquire some degree of proficiency in their language by then . ’ |
| 3 | I asked , as the rain had stopped and I wished to see more of Killala Bay . |
| 4 | And instead I wished to have this ’ ( laying his hand on my shoulder ) ‘ … this young girl . |
| 5 | ‘ Did I say I wished to end this evening ? ’ |
| 6 | I wish to take this early opportunity to thank the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan ( Mr. Salmond ) . |
| 7 | ‘ I wish to see that one , ’ he said coldly , nodding at her . |
| 8 | good , I wish to see all that is evil as |
| 9 | er Chairman thank you for inviting me to come erm here today , er particularly as Mrs who 's the other member of erm , affected by the lorry ban on the A ten eighty eight it 's unfortunate unable to come , erm and thank you for including me in the er consultation process that you 're planning with Norfolk County Council , er Chairman obviously I wish to support this , but just erm if I could make a couple of observations on your paper , erm firstly particular relation to the discussion we just had about Brandon , erm , I am aware Mr Chairman you 've just described the er highways people in Norfolk as very reasonable , but I think that members will see particular if they look at problems like four point one that we do have to handle er working relationships with some care and I would want to express regret while I wo n't be less impolite than that , but Norfolk have not even seen fit to put up signs erm warning of the lorry ban erm in Thetford , erm , which shows er not exactly the spirit of co-operation , I hope we 're going to be able to achieve in the consultations about Brandon and I thought |
| 10 | I wish to explore those proposals , lay bare the dangers which lurk beneath them and identify the threat not only to parliamentary representation from Scotland in this House but to the economic well-being of Scotland if the Labour party were ever in a position to exercise in Scotland the kind of powers that it would give to such an assembly . |
| 11 | I will inform the bank in writing if I wish to cancel this Instruction . |
| 12 | I will inform the bank in writing if I wish to cancel this instruction , and I understand that if any direct debit which breaks the terms of this instruction , the bank will make a refund . |
| 13 | Of all I wish to say this is the sum ; my brethren , preach Christ always and evermore . |
| 14 | I wish to underline that fully . |
| 15 | I wish to thank each and every one of you for the part you played during 1991 . |
| 16 | I WISH to thank all your readers who have contributed towards the Cathedral Restoration Fund . |
| 17 | On behalf of the committee I wish to thank all of those delegates and their regional secretaries who cooperated so well in agreeing thirty one composite motions . |
| 18 | I wish to congratulate all those people who hurled bottles of piss ( It 's getting wilder with every letter . |
| 19 | I write because I wish to bring this to the attention of the medical profession . |
| 20 | But I wish to observe that , if there was no such agreement , then , for the reasons I have given , there is no statutory basis for the discretionary repayment of the money by the revenue . |
| 21 | On this statement of principle , I wish to observe that officious intervention can not be justified by the principle of necessity . |
| 22 | I wish to observe this , because I find the prospect of two octogenarians having dinner in the middle of Africa moving . |
| 23 | I wish to distinguish these . |
| 24 | I wish to make some progress , because there are many points that I wish to raise . |
| 25 | I wish to dispute this . |
| 26 | I wish to add that , in the course of his submissions , Mr. Nicholls referred the Appellate Committee to Reg. v. Golder [ 1960 ] 1 W.L.R. 1169 , 1172–1173 , in which Lord Parker C.J. , delivering the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeal , stated : |
| 27 | Do you wish to do this ? |
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| 29 | Do do you wish to take any action . |
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