Example sentences of "she wish [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not for the first time , she wishes she had her sister 's confidence with men , her way of saying just the right thing in the right way to make them laugh , or listen , or love . |
| 2 | Bedell goes on to say that when a man embarks on one of those humiliation rituals which men behind desks have been perfecting for generations , she wishes she had the guts to introduce a bit of power play and weep gently but composedly . |
| 3 | " Perhaps she wishes she had n't said that . " |
| 4 | Tina , mother of Joanna ( now nine months ) says she wishes she 'd done this . |
| 5 | She wished they did . |
| 6 | The village , comprising forty-nine houses , solidly built and dry , with plastered walls , was upon her land and she wished it cleared . |
| 7 | She wished he 'd intended it . |
| 8 | She wished he had been here when that unpleasant Mr Coleby had called . |
| 9 | Lucenzo burst into laughter himself , and she wished he had n't , a sharp jolt of awareness rocketing through her body at the dazzling transformation of his face and the deep , warm sound that had travelled through her to her tingling toes . |
| 10 | Somehow she wished he had not said that . |
| 11 | She wished he had a letter for Alice instead ; it would be more romantic . |
| 12 | His flesh was white velvet with a subdued sheen on it and his nipples were bright pink , pink as the parakeet , but he filled the room with his smell of sweat and sleep and she wished he did not breathe through his mouth . |
| 13 | She wished she shared his confidence . |
| 14 | Clarissa said she wished she thought so and looked gloomier still . |
| 15 | And at sixteen she wished she had never been born . |
| 16 | She wished she had n't watched the match . |
| 17 | Immediately , she wished she had kept her mouth shut . |
| 18 | She wished she had a gun , the more powerful the better . |
| 19 | And almost immediately she wished she had n't . |
| 20 | She wished she had n't seen the broken railings , or that whoever was in the bath chair had not elected to come out just then . |
| 21 | And Lady Paignton , whom you met yesterday , is always saying she wished she had somebody to do shopping for her . |
| 22 | Then , why should she ; then , all at once , she wished she had , she was propositioned . |
| 23 | She wished she had taken a chance and kept Angel , for there was no lessening of the pain that parting with her had caused , and no comfort to be found in Newcastle Place . |
| 24 | She wished she had a stronger conviction that the Infant of Prague might be any earthly use in keeping her son safe on this terrible machine . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | She wished she had listened when Doc Threadneedle tried to tell her about her brain . |
| 27 | She wished she had been born into a different age , an age when women had been allowed to be more than a decorative possession . |
| 28 | In the scorching heat she had felt as if she would pass out ; now she wished she had . |
| 29 | She had told Tom she would not go with them today but now she wished she had . |
| 30 | She wished she had worn her new suit , but she consoled herself that at the moment he did n't care what she looked like . |