Example sentences of "wish [pers pn] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You look the model for all virginal brides , and I 'm beginning to wish I 'd let that awful shroud remain in your case . ’ |
| 2 | I talked too much to the other girls over coffee , I went on and on about Eliot 's Chinese jar moving perpetually in its stillness , how ironic , and you could hear them wishing I 'd stop and somehow I could n't . |
| 3 | I knew then that my last hours had come but was in such agony that I began to wish they would come sooner . |
| 4 | Part of her was wishing they would hurry up and the other part was hoping they 'd take forever ! |
| 5 | As a result , you keep wishing they 'd wind up this particular gag and move on to the next item , a frustration which makes the film seem drawn out and sluggish . |
| 6 | One thing I used to wish he would invent : something I could wear round my head — a kind of miner 's lamp — that would destroy film in the cameras of people who come to my concerts and take flash photos during the performance . |
| 7 | She looked at Nails doubtfully , wishing he would choose a more restful bed than the floor of the garden shed at St Aloysius 's , but his expression did not encourage sympathy . |
| 8 | She was looking at him now , wishing he would unbend a little more , maybe sit back and enjoy the evening , and allow his sleeked-back hair to fall more naturally about his face . |
| 9 | She frowned at him , tossing the hair back from her flushed cheeks , wishing he would take her in his arms and kiss her again instead of making cryptic comments that taxed her stunned powers of comprehension . |
| 10 | ‘ Other than this job , ’ she added challengingly , some perverse part of her almost wishing he would attempt to deprive her of it so that she would have something real , present and immediate to fight him for . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not a mind-reader , ’ she said eventually , then with a defensive jerk of the head she slipped the catch before he could reply and was suddenly free , breathing in the cold , clear air , turning her face to the rising sun , wishing he would release her from the spell that still ensnared her . |
| 12 | She met his blazing eyes and flinched , wishing he 'd yell . |
| 13 | Mum and Dad are no doubt just wishing he 'd take up an indoor sport instead . |
| 14 | When Jess holds the ball , looking for men to beat , the truly hooked observer is caught in that exquisite dilemma of wishing he 'd get rid of it so as not to risk failure , while at the same time hoping he 'll carry on regardless and do something outrageous . |
| 15 | It was just Guido , she decided , throwing him a harsh look , wishing he 'd lose his balance and fall head first into the water . |
| 16 | I just sat there on that bloody Sag Bag picking bits of Farley 's out of the corduroy and wishing it would open up and the polystyrene granules would swallow me ! |
| 17 | just to lie in bed Wishing it would stop |
| 18 | " Do you wish I 'd go away ? " |
| 19 | We used to , we , that 's all the as the village life was , it was it was all very now I know it 's very interesting , my daughter wants me to write a book about it , she says , I said I 'll oh I do n't know mm , write a memoirs mum she said er , you know and I said you know a lot about New Invention , which I do but it 's Willenhall you 're interested in , but it all sort or entails the lot and erm there might be things I 've can I wish I 'd have told you if I can think about them after it 's finished , but it 's erm . |
| 20 | I really do wish you would believe that . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I do wish you 'd make some effort to grow up , ’ said my mother before she could stop herself , for she did n't want her future son-in-law to know how much I could irritate her . |
| 22 | I do wish you 'd come and see him again . " |
| 23 | I do wish you 'd come and see Grace . " |
| 24 | ‘ If it becomes worse you 'll wish you 'd put your foot down and that she was in Hastings Hospital , ’ Silas said . |
| 25 | yeah , do you wish you 'd like it done now |
| 26 | ‘ But I do wish you 'd let Granny Fordham stay on in her cottage , ’ she added . |
| 27 | When I tell you the reason I 'm going you 'll wish you 'd let me go . |
| 28 | ‘ I do wish you 'd remember , ’ she said irritably . |
| 29 | ‘ I do wish she would meet some nice fellow and run off with him . |
| 30 | Now he 's gon na wish we 'd tell him so he said erm |