Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [pron] hope " in BNC.

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1 A further acknowledgement on the video box is difficult for us to provide but I hope you will accept the two credits as specified as being sufficient .
2 I must tell the House and the Minister that there are only 15 minutes left for this debate ; other hon. Members wish to participate and I hope that they will get the chance to do so .
3 Det Chief Insp Nick Biddiss said : ‘ People may still know things they have forgotten to mention and we hope this exercise will jog their memories . ’
4 Indeed the Court of Appeal in Phekoo expressed the opinion that it only applied to rape but I hope that one might interpret that to mean ‘ rape-like offences ’ , that is all offences where the mistake in question relates to a circumstance qualified by mens rea .
5 I 've got too much respect for you to argue but I hope you 'll remember that you 're tying up men and equipment down there . ’
6 There is nothing more to say except I hope that their year of office will be filled with happiness and wish them well with all their endeavours on behalf of Council .
7 Lamb had finally yielded to an invitation from Coleridge to travel west , and wrote at the end of June to say that he hoped to arrive at Stowey the following weak .
8 Not only to advocate the giving of second chances but also to say that I hope that Shaun and the rest manage to get themselves out of the rut they 've dug for themselves .
9 I do not wish to oppose the previous order , although it is debatable — merely to refer to it in passing , to say that I hope that , when the Select Committee on Health takes evidence on the national health service trusts , no witnesses will be intimidated by threats of disciplinary action intended to prevent them from giving evidence .
10 I have to say that I hope Mr in fact did n't actually write the words of the motion it looks to me and those members of the education committee will know what I mean like another version of the Docklands back garden fudge .
11 We are aware that this is not an easy task for colleges to undertake and we hope to provide assistance for those colleges which are selected to develop pilot proposals for full validation .
12 I expect you 're tired — you generally have a sherry and a nap when you come home at this time , and , besides , there are those papers to correct and I hoped you 'd help me unpack .
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