Example sentences of "hoped for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hans-Dietrich Genscher , the West German Foreign Minister , went on television to say he hoped for a ‘ parallel solution ’ for the new arrivals . |
| 2 | KLEINWORT Benson , the merchant bank , has received A$10.66m ( £5.3m ) from the sale of its increasingly troubled Australian businesses - just half what it hoped for when it announced the deal in August . |
| 3 | Beaverbrook told a meeting of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers on 10 May about his discussions with Berle the previous month , and that he hoped for Commonwealth agreement before an international conference . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Asked what he hoped for Soviet art and culture after long years of political oppression , he said there would be an enormous spiritual benefit , not least because of easier travel and contacts with the rest of the world . |
| 6 | Christmas was coming and Nigel hoped for a card from Eleanor . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Even when they were secured , performances at court did not always bring the rewards Leopold hoped for : |
| 9 | He hoped for one , earnestly , and looked forward to these accolades and people telling him he was good . |
| 10 | The United States was similarly dismayed , for it still hoped for a Labour electoral victory and an eventual political settlement with Jordan . |
| 11 | ‘ Political dialogue ’ is required and a dialectical interaction at the economies ' political level between research scientists , research planners , research clientele , and the legislative process is required and hoped for . |
| 12 | ‘ Which is just what we hoped for — that he 'd run for it . ’ |
| 13 | I secretly hoped for twenty-one . |
| 14 | Although , when the three friends reunite in 1959 after thirteen years , they have not achieved everything they hoped for as adolescents , we are left at the end of the play with a feeling of hope — not the kind of false hope prescribed by Soviet censors but the hope that comes from being young and strong and having lived through difficult times . |
| 15 | We hoped for a continuous flow of information and exchange of art and culture between the two countries . |
| 16 | Yet this did not bring us the surrender we hoped for . |
| 17 | They hoped for no benefit of internal interpretation or the construal of favourable terms ; rather , they hoped that a disposition in dubious form might be admitted to be a disposition of legal force , or that a disposition in an invalid will might not sink into the oblivion of intestacy . |
| 18 | Under the care of this gentleman he remained near a week ; when , not finding that relief he hoped for , Dr Scott was requested to assist Dr Crawford , but with no better success , for notwithstanding the united efforts of these eminent physicians , the fevers and faintings encreased [ sic ] till they ended in delirium and death on the 21st , being seventeen days after the first attack ’ . |
| 19 | He was 18 , fed up with everything Scotland had to offer , and hoped for a fresh start in the USA . |
| 20 | After going to evening classes to study dress design , Claire hoped for better things , but was soon disillusioned when she found that her employer expected to use her designs without paying her . |
| 21 | I hoped for rain . |
| 22 | At one time they hoped for a family . |
| 23 | If he hoped for public sympathy from his revelations about the affair and marriage , he was very wrong . |
| 24 | He sought the means to do something quite different , creating it out of himself as he went along — but he hoped for everyone : a way of looking that was a kind of worship . |
| 25 | She hoped for a reply , but dared not hope too much ; she imagined that the Hon Mrs Anderson-Hunt would have had many replies and perhaps ladies with experience would be far more preferable to a young comparatively inexperienced girl like her . |
| 26 | I explained that we must lunch early and be in the queue at least fifteen minutes before the doors opened if we hoped for bargains . |
| 27 | I hoped for rain . |
| 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 | They and other committed Europeans like Germany 's Chancellor Helmut Kohl hoped for a massive endorsement to put all their plans firmly back on track . |
| 30 | He just shut his eyes and hoped for the best . |