Example sentences of "[pron] 'd been hoping for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was n't like I 'd imagined — except for the long silences when I 'd been hoping for laughs . |
| 2 | Well , he told Mummy , and now she 's furious , because apparently it 's what she 'd been hoping for . |
| 3 | Subconsciously , she realised , she 'd been hoping for a ready answer , an explanation which would clear her niggling doubts … |
| 4 | Sorry to anyone who 'd been hoping for a match report from Newcastle , but I went home to Wakefield the morning after the game and so did n't get a chance to post one . |
| 5 | It was in the second of the rooms behind a damp stack of spare mattresses that he found what he 'd been hoping for . |
| 6 | He 'd been hoping for windows , and a view over the bay or the town . |