Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] hoped for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd hoped for personal service , ’ said Giles . |
| 2 | It might not hold all I 'd hoped for , but … ’ |
| 3 | I 'd hoped for a little money , at the very most , a thousand . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd hoped for so much from that class since I was taking it at an American university , but — ’ |
| 5 | I 'm delighted with the job , it 's the one I 'd hoped for . |
| 6 | It feels cold : I had hoped for spring but what I am finding is winter . |
| 7 | Expressing his delight at being appointed , he said : ‘ This is the one job I had hoped for . ’ |
| 8 | I had hoped for more happy years . ’ |
| 9 | The army had said we would average fifteen , but I had hoped for eighteen and had told them so . |
| 10 | I had hoped for thirty on the paved road to bump up the average before the open desert at Adrar . |
| 11 | And I just do n't have the support I had hoped for — from you , perhaps , yes . |
| 12 | ‘ I will admit we do n't have the fulfilled marriage I had hoped for , ’ he said . |
| 13 | ‘ Dr Armitage , I confess I had hoped for a little more from someone who knew Dr Wetherby so well and was resident at the same convention . |
| 14 | Following your excellent exposé of our ambiguous one , and Danny Baker 's candid assessment of the Boy In The Bubble , I had hoped for more than the arselicking articles printed . |
| 15 | I had hoped for someone a little more well never mind . |
| 16 | She must have briefly feared what I had hoped for . |
| 17 | I had hoped for some characteristic entry in his unflaggingly ironic Dictionnaire des idées reçues ; but it jumps pointedly from cognac to coitus . |
| 18 | I had hoped for better from Premier and Div 1 paddlers . |
| 19 | As before , a guard accompanied me to the barracks ; but this time , on the way back , we met two officers : it was exactly what I had hoped for . |
| 20 | ‘ I had hoped for more , I must confess , Rain . |
| 21 | " No , I suppose not , but I had hoped for something a little more exotic . |
| 22 | Although I had hoped for justice and understanding when my story was known , that was not to be . |
| 23 | I had hoped for a conference with the Turkish and Greek Governments and representatives of the two communities . |
| 24 | I had hoped for Eric 's face , or some further clue about what was going to happen , but I got nothing . |
| 25 | I had hoped for better than this . |
| 26 | I had hoped for weeping willows , cedars of Lebanon , Lombardy poplars , seaweeds , perhaps deer antlers . |
| 27 | ‘ He 'd schooled very well and although I had hoped for a lead for a bit longer , we had to go on where we did . |
| 28 | However , what I had hoped for did happen ; people came away from the workshop with a desire to see how they could use the experience and the insight they had gained within their own establishments . |
| 29 | When I was two my mother had bought me a number of premium bonds and ever since I had hoped for a little win . |
| 30 | When the first meeting happens someone needs to explain to the people there ( and do n't be discouraged if there are fewer that you 'd hoped for ) what the Christian group is all about and why it 's important to have a group in school . |