Example sentences of "hope for something " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even so , I still hope for something more . |
| 2 | And he was young enough to hope for something better than a pat on the head from the Leaderene . |
| 3 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 4 | He looked old and forlorn , in spite of the ferocious beard , as if he had hoped for something and been disappointed . |
| 5 | " No , I suppose not , but I had hoped for something a little more exotic . |
| 6 | But he hopes for something quite different . |
| 7 | This may sound like cold comfort when you 're desperately hoping for something to come along and get you going — but continuing your work and maintaining skills is vitally important . |
| 8 | QPR v Everton After a couple of wins QPR have found a familiar rut and Everton , who arrested their decline with a win at Derby , will be hoping for something similar at Shepherds Bush . |
| 9 | Nottinghamshire , who won the Sunday league last year , will be hoping for something with more prestige this time and with Chris Lewis and Chris Cairns augmenting an already talented staff , they will be the team to beat . |
| 10 | Still hoping for something from him ? |
| 11 | But he could read her too well , and he could see that she was hoping for something more . |
| 12 | Culdub Oakapple opened his mouth to say that acclaim was all very well in its way , but they had been hoping for something a bit more financial than that , but the two Gnomes on each side of him trod on his foot to stop him , because you could not always trust the Oakapple to be tactful . |
| 13 | Or were you just hoping for something ? ’ |
| 14 | Passing the township , both brakes jammed on , I slither and judder down the newly regravelled surface , hoping for something to pass and pick me up , but also marvelling at the open splendour of the valley scenery which surprises me afresh every time I look . |
| 15 | ‘ Are you hoping for something special ? ’ |
| 16 | I am always hoping for something better from the right hon. Gentlemens although , alas , I rarely get it . |
| 17 | " We had been hoping for something more dramatic " , one said . |
| 18 | I I was hoping for something different this year and for a budget that erm er proposed that did n't depend on er us taking far more from reserves than any other party . |
| 19 | Meaning if you hang on hoping for something to turn up , you invariably lose much more . |
| 20 | I have n't had any contact yet with the new American administration , but I 'm hoping for something positive from that quarter soon . |
| 21 | I was hoping for something even more er |