Example sentences of "i [was/were] hoping for " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I returned to Moose Jaw about mid-August I had a long talk with Fred Workman , who told me he had noticed a certain restlessness in me as if I were hoping for a change of scene . |
| 2 | That was just the news I was hoping for . |
| 3 | One of the grown-ups said , ‘ I was hoping for a bit of a fly-past . ’ |
| 4 | Maybe I was hoping for the impossible — that they 'd control their situation once they reached the football stadiums . |
| 5 | In 1971 I was hoping for great things , because the British Open was at Birkdale , my home-course , but Tom could n't handle Birkdale . |
| 6 | I was hoping for the best , never believing this sort of thing could happen to my own little horse . |
| 7 | Not quite beyond the threshold of pain experience I was hoping for … but damn close . |
| 8 | I was hoping for some money , as I was saving frantically to buy the owl for myself . |
| 9 | In many ways entry into middle management proved to be the exciting new challenge I was hoping for . |
| 10 | I was hoping for a positive identification . |
| 11 | I was hoping for 13 from games 7–12 and will be happy to achieve that . |
| 12 | I I was hoping for something different this year and for a budget that erm er proposed that did n't depend on er us taking far more from reserves than any other party . |
| 13 | ‘ I was hoping for platinum-blonde , or red , but now it 's dry I find it 's plain old mouse . ’ |
| 14 | I was hoping for something even more er |