Example sentences of "hoped [prep] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prince could not have hoped for a better platform . |
| 2 | Carl Llewellyn , 26 , was having his third ride in the Grand National and could never have hoped for a better experience around the huge Aintree fences . |
| 3 | For a teaching museum we could n't have hoped for a better gift . |
| 4 | ‘ We could n't have hoped for a better first few weeks of the tour . |
| 5 | Walker recorded a time of 8 mins 26.50 secs in Auckland two years ago , and after a highly successful , injury-free winter , had hoped for a better opening to his steeplechase season . |
| 6 | A fall off in world prices dampened the expectations of international creditor banks , which had hoped for a higher level of interest payments on Ecuador 's foreign debt ( estimated to be over US$12,000 million ) , as well as domestic hopes for increased social spending . |