Sentence examples for time wishes from inspiring English sources

The justices divided 5 to 4 in rejecting the government's view of how two provisions of federal immigration law interact when a deportable alien agrees to leave the country voluntarily but at the same time wishes to pursue an appeal of the deportation order.

This happens, for instance, when a person is thirsty and on that basis wants to drink, but at the same time wishes not to drink, on the basis of some calculation or deliberation, and in fact succeeds in refraining from drinking, thirsty though they are.

However he must, from time to time, wish that Federer had never been born.

"We need to think: what would people in 50 years time wish we had done now?

Because Klein doesn't expect much from any politician, she doesn't spend time wishing Obama were more progressive.

When I was younger, I spent a lot of time wishing that audiences for ballet were younger, and worrying about being more "in touch".

You know your show has a bad book when the audience spends its time wishing the lady with the juggling feet would come back.

You don't need ID; you don't need to decant shampoo into miniature bottles; you don't need to spend the entire time wishing you were dead.

"During the said meeting it became clear that both parties at the present time wished to head in a different direction.

He left the warehouse that evening for the final time, wishing more than anything that he had told Nigel and Roy his real name.

"I spent a lot of time wishing I was there," he says.