Example sentences of "[pron] hoped [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But how strange it was , the changes which the past two or three weeks had brought : not merely the changes of circumstances ; her father and his hoped for promotion , herself going to the Stadium , Omi talking about herself , Fritz … but the whole relationship inside the family had altered , and she herself had changed , and it had begun with the arrival of Uncle Karl , as if he were a sorcerer , a wave of whose manicured hands could transform life , as alchemists thought they could transform base metal into gold or , with a certain sinister frisson , perhaps the other way around . |
| 2 | Now this was not a phrase I had ever used , but I hoped with all my heart that it was true . |
| 3 | I hoped for rain . |
| 4 | I hoped for rain . |
| 5 | As a development geneticist , I hoped for a personal synthesis of the subject viewed from a different perspective . |
| 6 | Yes , that 's what , yes that 's what I hoped for because I , I feel everybody 's interpretation |
| 7 | Naturally , I hoped for the best as regards the efficacy of my heart-felt prayer , but I had to be practical . |
| 8 | ‘ I hoped for peace , Yuan . |
| 9 | one Friday , having done my weekend cleaning and baked a batch of bread during the day , I hoped for a good night 's rest , but I scarcely had retired before my labour began . |
| 10 | I hoped for her sake he had been naturally left-handed . |
| 11 | And I 'm glad enough to have you back , since you could not give me the grandson I hoped for — ’ |
| 12 | I hoped for a chance for Leeds to display their abilities on the ground . |
| 13 | Then I provided what I hoped to be the optimum conditions for healthy growth — perfect drainage . |
| 14 | When I last wrote to you in January I mentioned that I hoped to be relieved of the secretarial duties of the B.A.E.C. by another member who had volunteered to take these over . |
| 15 | So when the Sergeant-Major asked me where I hoped to be posted eventually , I told him the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes ; this did n't surprise him as most British recruits said the same thing . |
| 16 | I hoped to God she was n't Truro Daine . |
| 17 | I had sought to interest some of the more enterprising newspapers , especially as I hoped to be able , if possible , to push on to Abyssinia ; but , in the end , I went in independence , as I have undertaken most excursions , both terrestrial and mental . |
| 18 | I hoped to heaven the pharmacist would n't ask me difficult questions like ‘ how many ? ’ or ‘ what size ? ’ . |
| 19 | I hoped in vain for a century . |
| 20 | I had long intended making this proposition to the Secretary of State , but I was urged sooner to it perhaps because I felt that I was reduced in circumstances and thrown from my position in Society , and I hoped by a grand effort to establish a permanent claim on the consideration of Her Majesty 's Government . |
| 21 | Also disappointed were some who hoped for an inauguration of a holy war against the Roman occupation of Judaea : he taught non-resistance , love to enemies . |
| 22 | By 1928 Vidor was almost a cult figure amongst movie intellectuals and when he was in Europe in that year all those who hoped for better things listened with interest as he pointed out that independent film-makers and the ‘ little theatre movement ’ would never compete with Hollywood and would never break through to the large undeveloped market unless they attracted sufficient investment to improve their product . |
| 23 | This too was the strongest argument offered in favour of one Sandy Forbes , who hoped for the office of surgeon 's mate of the Sutherland Fencibles in 1779 , though in his case he clearly intended to be an officer in name only for he intended to apply for leave to complete his degree at Edinburgh University and to sail for India as an officer of an East Indiaman at the first suitable opportunity . |
| 24 | In theory , the captain of a ship was entitled to take into his ship as midshipmen , volunteers , or captain 's servants any of the sons of his friends who hoped for a naval career , but in practice even this form of entrance patronage was limited and largely in the hands of flag-officers , for it would be a captain with a liking for half-pay who would refuse the requests of an influential admiral . |
| 25 | The dead king was identified with Osiris , but each individual who hoped for eternal resurrection was henceforth identified with Osiris and might place the title " the Osiris " in front of his or her name in funerary inscriptions . |
| 26 | It had sold a respectable few thousand — mostly to the literary and those who hoped to be part of that world . |
| 27 | The recruitment of colonial troops , mainly by the French who hoped by this means to offset the demographic superiority of the Germans ( a subject anxiously discussed in the 1860s ) , brought some others for the first time into a European environment . |
| 28 | Reliance on technology alone is the reason why so many information systems , no matter how impressive on paper , fail to deliver the results you hoped for . |
| 29 | On the other hand , there might be a different reason altogether why you did n't get any offers , or why you did n't get the exam grades you hoped for . |
| 30 | What you hoped for from your friendship with her . ’ |