Example sentences of "wish you could [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Wish you could do that here .
2 If you wish you could continue with one or two panels of the three stitch pattern , right to the top of the garment .
3 I wish you could 've seen them , ’ said the housekeeper , her arms akimbo , her plump face flushed with indignation .
4 I wish you could stay here for ever .
5 ‘ I wish you could stay longer . ’
6 I wish you could stay a bit longer .
7 ‘ I wish you could stay , ’ said Victoria .
8 ‘ I just wish you could stay longer . ’
9 Ever wish you could make up a degree course to suit your own needs ?
10 How I wish you could answer me . ’
11 I wish you could prove your love in some way . ’
12 Oh , Marion , I wish you could help me ! "
13 I wish you could hear some of the magnificent speeches that are frequently made us , because I know you like dearly to hear your daughter praised .
14 I 'm smiling to myself in the darkness , Timmy — I wish you could see me .
15 It says wish you could see the shots John has taken .
16 I just wish you could believe that Eddie 's death was an accident and nothing to do with me . ’
17 Of course I believed her when she said it would , but I wish you could have seen those first two lepidopteral visitors .
18 I wish you could have met them . ’
19 I wish you could have been there , Mum . ’
20 ‘ I wish you could have talked about this when we had more time , Adam . ’
21 ‘ I wish you could have seen them . ’
22 I wish you could have heard the session of the Assembly on industry , and in particular the speech by Les Dennison , branch chairman of the plumbers ' trades union in Coventry , England .
23 This is the most splendid autumn we have had here , and I wish you could have enjoyed it with us .
24 I wish you could have visited us then , but of course all our visitors came when it was wet .
25 ‘ I wish you could find something to do in Mannheim ’ , he wrote .
26 what you mean is you wish you could find one that did n't pick his nose and his nails
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