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I wish I did
We can use wish + past perfect to talk about things that happened in the past
and that we regret (we would have wanted them to be different).
I wish you would stop biting your nails. I hate it when you do it.
I wish it would stop raining. It’s been three days!
We CANNOT use this structure to wish about ourselves (do NOT use I wish I
would).
If only
We can use if only instead of I wish to mean the same. The only difference is
that if only is more emphatic.
It’s time
It’s (high) time + subject + past simple
We can also use the alternatives it’s time + to infinitive or it’s time for someone
+ to-infinitive.
Other expressions
Suppose/supposing/imagine/what if