Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] hope [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While I was at Cambridge , I began to follow a rule of life which I hoped would prepare me for the priesthood . |
| 2 | ‘ There 's another legacy of £1,000 , this time to his friend Martin Burger , ‘ more than enough for that new pair of spectacles which I hope may improve his judgement and help him to see the obvious . ’ |
| 3 | A tube of Winsor blue for Alan Tate , spectacles for Burger … ‘ which I hope may improve his judgement and help him to see the obvious . ’ |
| 4 | So I 've brought something which I hope will give her good news as well . |
| 5 | I am delighted to commend this booklet to you which I hope will give you a flavour of the variety and interest available to solicitors in local government . |
| 6 | But I wish to relate to the council a particular episode , which I hope will convey something to those people who are perhaps still wavering erm , and whilst we all have principle stands on issues it behoves us as members to consider the views of our constituents and the sorts of things that take place in our wards . |
| 7 | Dearest all four of you , at last I have time to write you a proper letter , which I hope will reach you , via the ‘ diplomatic bag ’ before mummy 's birthday . |
| 8 | Of my writing you will form a more correct idea when you see my specimen of Penmanship , which I hope will afford you much pleasure , for my endeavours have not been deficient to render it deserving of your esteem . |
| 9 | The continuing debate about choosing and using ultraviolet ( UV ) pond systems has prompted me to write and highlight some points which I hope will help your readers make a more informed decision when purchasing a system . |
| 10 | The danger of approaching whole group work by letting children first improvise in small groups and then presenting them with an issue which you hope will give them a focus is that they remain more interested in what 's going on in their group than in the supposedly unifying issue : " Why should I be interested in the corner shop being knocked down when I never use it , and anyway we 've just been burgled ? ! " |
| 11 | Just before midnight she got up and swallowed two aspirins with some water which she hoped would calm her down . |
| 12 | A creative Filipino chemist has invented a ‘ wonder fuel ’ named Siroca which she hopes will decrease her country 's dependence on dwindling supplies of firewood . |
| 13 | Tony and I had organized a dog sledging trip which we hoped would take us from Dividal in northern Norway through Sweden and into Finland . |
| 14 | So welcome to the first edition of CCG People , which we hope will tell you all you need to know about the people that make CCG such a success . |
| 15 | After some discussion we have decided to open two separate funds which we hope will give everyone who wishes to make a donation a choice . |
| 16 | Although we support elements of the Bill , we want to modify it ; that is why we have tabled amendments , which we hope will improve it . |
| 17 | This was not as easy as they hoped ; they knew that , however much it might disapprove of their activities , the English government certainly had no power to get its orders obeyed on the western side of the Atlantic , but their charter , which they hoped would make them independent of England , and on which they relied for the legal basis of their community , said — like all the other charters — that they must not pass laws that were not consistent with English laws . |
| 18 | Meanwhile the police have produced new evidence which they hope will lead them to the killer . |
| 19 | Happily for their manager Sebastiao Lazaroni , the Brazilians are now unbeaten in 15 games and embarked on a run which they hope will carry them to Turin next summer on a wave of confidence and efficiency . |
| 20 | They are talking a language we probably do not understand , and which they hope will impress us and befuddle us and increase their status . |
| 21 | Meanwhile the cleaners have a nintety day redundancy period , during which time they 'll be waiting to hear from the firms which they hope will become their new employers . |
| 22 | Dr Dering declined this contemptible compensation , and risked crippling legal costs on a trial which he hoped would win him heavy damages . |
| 23 | I have with me Professor Geoffrey Best , who I hope will help me do the decent thing by our partners . |
| 24 | I shall try to show that our political practices accept integrity as a distinct virtue , and I begin with what I hope will strike you as a puzzle . |