Example sentences of "hope [pron] would " in BNC.

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1 At least , I hope I would n't have . ’
2 If a virus had begun to affect people who put crosses against Conservative candidates in general elections , I would presumably be arguing that this proved how immoral it was to vote Tory , but I hope nobody would believe me .
3 I hope she would be pleased by our efforts , in spite of the fact that we are still here and needed .
4 Mike said : ‘ She breathed for three minutes , giving us hope she would one day be able to breathe for herself .
5 Mike said : ‘ She breathed for three minutes , giving us hope she would one day be able to breathe for herself .
6 ‘ I know what I hope you would mean , Miss Belle ; but Miss Rene 's right , I have about as many curves as a lamp-post . ’
7 ‘ I hope you would n't use language like that in New Zealand , young lady , ’ said the Brigadier .
8 Er , the , so something must be done quickly , I fear , about the er , management er of er , er the , the new structure and I hope you would agree to it unless anyone else has got , yes ?
9 I think there are other two principles though which I hope you would feel we er should respect .
10 BELVILLE : Because , my dear nun , I hope you would have it so .
11 ‘ I certainly hope you would n't expect him to , ’ said my mother .
12 As soon as last year 's Sale was over we received offers of books etc. , and , as I hope you would expect , we refused none .
13 It was farcical to suggest that we were conspiring — if we were , I hope we would have done it more elegantly . ’
14 It was farcical to suggest that we were conspiring — if we were , I hope we would have done it more elegantly
15 Said club chairman Byron Hughes : ‘ We have not been told anything officially so far and I hope we would be the first to hear . ’
16 She should have known she could n't forget Undry and hope everything would just stop .
17 They were not the sort you could put out in a black bin bag and hope they would be gone in the morning .
18 ‘ I could wait for dark , bypass the current in the fence , climb over , sneak up to the house , stick a bug on one of the windows and hope they would n't see it . ’
19 If he loses I hope he would accept it with equal good grace and if he wins I will be a good loser and help him out in the general election . ’
20 Darwin if he read this book would scarcely recognize his own original theory in it , though I hope he would like the way I put it .
21 It might be more prudent to go back to her bunk and hope he would go away when his hunger was satisfied .
22 ‘ I hope it would . ’
23 If I were the patient I would hope someone would have the common sense not to operate on me .
24 Better to knock and hope someone would come to her aid .
25 Be damned if we did n't hope you would simply call in the Marines and spread our hydra around some more !
26 ‘ It never occurred to me you 'd want anything else — or at least , ’ she amended with a sheepish smile , ‘ I never dared hope you would want anything else .
27 I omitted the attendance of Councillor from those Minutes , subject to that , I would hope you would approve them .
28 Well I should hope she would !
29 So certainly I w I would hope something would come from our evening last night .
30 I was hoping that we could actually tease out as part of the discussion , whether there is erm a positive way forward if if we if you are minded if we are minded to recommend the new settlement , then I would hope we would tease out during the course of this discussion erm the preferred or a preferred host authority for this new settlement .
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