Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] hope to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps you would help me up on deck ? ’ she ventured expectantly , adding with a bewitchingly brief smile , ‘ I 'd hoped to be alone for a while . ’ |
| 2 | I had hoped to be writing a birth report about how wonderful it is to use a large pool of warm water in labour . |
| 3 | I had hoped to be the editor of a book all on my own at last , but this project is important and so urgent that have been drafted on to help . |
| 4 | ‘ I had hoped to be gone so that I would not be obliged to face her . ’ |
| 5 | Yeah I just I guess I had hoped to be pleasantly surprised that it was n't rhetoric |
| 6 | She 'd hoped to be able to take him out , perhaps for a longish walk through the forest where they could hope for a glimpse of a deer , but at its heaviest the downpour would have called for wetsuits rather than waterproofs . |
| 7 | We had hoped to be married in the middle of December , but in the first week of that month , Leslie wrote : ‘ Can you stand by to shift the date to , say , 22nd December ? |
| 8 | We had hoped to be able to support measures on so-called joyriding , on the establishment of an Environmental Protection Agency and on better employment conditions for women , but it appears that the Prime Minister 's enthusiasm for this last came too recently for its inclusion in the Queen 's Speech . |
| 9 | They had hoped to be back at the beginning of next season but it now looks unlikely to be until half-way through it . |
| 10 | They finished packing and left the farmhouse , where they had hoped to be so happy . |
| 11 | Dalgliesh suspected that he had hoped to be a member . |