Example sentences of "hope [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reaction to that speech - and my reaction to that , the attempt to explain and apologise — put a firm stop to any hope I might have had that I might have been a candidate for leadership of the party . ’ |
| 2 | Any hope I might have entertained that Lewis and Verity 's little Hogmanay hug had been an aberration , something they would fail to follow through , or feel for some reason embarrassed about , was comprehensively quashed the next evening when they turned up together at Uncle Hamish and Aunt Tone 's , bearing all the signs of new lovers ( literally so in the case of Lewis 's neck , which displayed a line of passion purpurae worthy of an industrial vacuum cleaner , and which were ill-concealed by Lewis 's longish dark curls and a white shirt fastened with a bootlace tie ) . |
| 3 | ‘ I hope I 'll stay with people who 'll let me do what I want . ’ |
| 4 | I hope I 'll do so , but I must confess that I tend to go and make a pot of tea whenever election coverage starts on the TV . |
| 5 | I just hope I 'll do half as well on stage tonight . ’ |
| 6 | This is one of the things I want you to se see today and this wonderful film I was gon na show today and I hope I 'll show next week , third time lucky , they actually interview the wives , the polygynous wives of of some erm erm guy in Africa , some African erm and they to them they actually ask the wives , why do you , you know why are you married to this man and they say well he feeds us , you know th that 's why we 're married to him , he gives us food and he 's apparently got five this particular man they interviewed , three of them were active and two of them were elderly , and the three active wives are quite open about the fact that this man 's a good provider and therefore they stay with him , but they , they would n't in the case of Australian Aborigines , they would n't stay if they did n't get fed and they only get fed because he 's a good hunter and to be a good hunter you need to go on good terms of men and that 's how it works . |
| 7 | God , I hope I 'll get better . |
| 8 | [ reading ] " When you read this letter you will be far on your way to your father and mother where you have so long desired to be , and I hope I shall forbear thinking of you with the least shadow of that fondness my foolish heart had entertained for you . |
| 9 | ‘ I hope I shall hear you play again . ’ |
| 10 | It does n't bear thinking about , but I only hope I shall have learnt something from you in order to carry it on in some way or another . ’ |
| 11 | But I hope I shall have a shop one day . |
| 12 | I hope I may have given a few ideas and if anyone makes their fortune and buys a villa in the South of France , will you invite me for a holiday , please ? |
| 13 | WILLIAMS : I hope I may trust to your discretion not to let Mr. Belville know from whom you had the information . |
| 14 | ‘ I hope I may trust your honour even that far ! ’ she shouted after him . |
| 15 | ‘ I rather hope I may get those concerned to invite me to do you in the Authors and their Work series — though I have n't done anything about it — I might then like to quote a bit or two out of a letter ( e.g. about Ivy ) , but I devoutly hope you will be able to censor the thing for yourself ’ — for there was still hope , or I was allowed to think so . |
| 16 | I hope I could have done with that |
| 17 | I hope I can stay and be useful . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I hope I can give Gavin some help from my long experience of captaincy if he needs it , ’ he said . |
| 19 | Now I hope I can leave Malcolm with a difficult selection decision . |
| 20 | ‘ I hope I can carry it off , ’ Loretta said anxiously . |
| 21 | I hope I can reassure my hon. Friends that the framework of duties within the Bill does not create such a divide . |
| 22 | I hope I can answer them . |
| 23 | The Great Britain skipper , out for four of the last six games with hamstring trouble , said : ‘ I 'm glad to be back and hope I can sort things out with the club without too much fuss . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I hope I can go out and avoid accidents and do the best I can . ’ |
| 25 | I only hope I can make it . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Hope I can do the same for you some day . ’ |
| 27 | But he helped me all the way round and I hope I can do him justice tomorrow . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I just hope I can do her justice . |
| 29 | I think I do it because I 'm so depressed by the poor performance of professional investment managers in the city , and I hope I can do better than they can . |
| 30 | Then I panic and think ‘ Eeh , I hope I can do it . ’ |