Example sentences of "hope it [modal v] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose it was wrong of me , but I hoped it would be Heathcliff 's last meeting with Catherine . |
| 2 | He hoped it would be Gwen Evans who came , though his business was with her husband . |
| 3 | A little later , he 'd looked down avenues of faces , hoping it might be Helen . |
| 4 | I 'm hoping it 'll be Oscar time , either for that or Last Of The Mohicans ( which stars Daniel Day-Lewis ) . |
| 5 | It 's it 's the same procedure that we accepted at the Finance Committee last Friday , and in mentioning it and hoping it will be acceptance that Longman 's can have the benefit of the Personnel 's sub-committee contribution for the next hour and a half or so . |