| As the criminal had a quartan fever, Fallopius wished to investigate the effects of opium on the paroxysms. |
| The accursed mobile phone has done what I often wished it would, and disappeared. |
| He wished more young people would take a leaf out of his book and follow his example. |
| I am pleased to make your acquaintance, for I have always wished to meet a Master Bard. |
| The show disappeared for a short while when no network wished to run what was at times, a racy and offensive series. |
| She wished to end her pregnancy, but abortion was illegal in Texas except in cases of extreme danger to the mother. |
