Example sentences of "have [adv] dreamed of " in BNC.
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1 | But , along with the other twelves in this column , New Element 's single spits from the speakers with the sort of beefy sound the UK has always dreamed of achieving . |
2 | It was quite a car and who has n't dreamed of being a repo man ? |
3 | She 'd long dreamed of being desired by a man whose need was so overwhelming that he would do anything to be with her . |
4 | ‘ After the success of ‘ Colour Of Spring ’ we found ourselves in the position we 'd always dreamed of , ’ explains Mark Hollis , the main force behind Talk Talk . |
5 | His smile was open and friendly , and suddenly it seemed preposterous to be standing here , on a Roman street corner , arguing with a man who had taken her from an existence that she 'd hated to one that was all she 'd ever dreamed of . |
6 | She 'd never dreamed of getting work in a place like this . |
7 | Things that our grandparents could not have even dreamed of . |
8 | They took her to a small , perfect restaurant , where she had never been before , and fed her on soup and fish and meat and cheese , all of a quality and in quantities she had only dreamed of during the war . |
9 | Court Treatt had long dreamed of making the hitherto unattempted journey by car from the Cape to Cairo , and had already surveyed the route by air . |
10 | It was an excitement that matched my own , for I had never sailed the South Seas and I had long dreamed of that scatter of tiny , magically named islands strewn across one third of a globe . |
11 | It was a turning point for the business and set Thomas Cook on the road to opening up the world to men and women who had not dreamed of travelling before . |
12 | It 's what we 've always dreamed of , Kokos : revolution from within . ’ |
13 | My parish priest had always dreamed of building outstation churches and , with the luxury of two curates , here was his chance to convert one into a builders ' labourer ! |
14 | Here she was with an opportunity to do something for her mother , something she had always dreamed of doing , and she would have to refuse . |
15 | I had always dreamed of living in the country . |
16 | And she had everything she had ever dreamed of — more . |
17 | ‘ When he came back he said he was going to make more money than he or she had ever dreamed of . |
18 | Here she was , possessed of more than she had ever dreamed of , this house , its comforts and warmth , those servants whose lives were spent in caring for hers , friends such as the Chamberlins who had taken her to their hearts , this first , unforgettable Christmas with all its bounty and then — Michael Swinton , in that bleak and dreary place , with only drunken old Meg and silent Punch , his loneliness accentuated by the life he had known these last few months in London and in the great houses he had stayed in . |
19 | ‘ If your poor mother had ever dreamed of this ! ’ |
20 | After missing him so desperately over the last six weeks it was more than she had ever dreamed of to find herself suddenly close to him again , and maybe by the time they reached their destination he would have given her some clue about the way he wanted things to be . |
21 | If you 've ever dreamed of lazy hours spent on a tranquil , tropical island , then it literally is a dream come true . |
22 | It 's everything I 've ever dreamed of in a cock . |
23 | He walked slowly up the familiar road admiring the shops he had once dreamed of owning . |
24 | In the morning , you 'd never be quite sure if you had n't dreamed of his presence in your bedroom , laughing , holding out his dripping gifts . |
25 | " I 'm sure I 've never dreamed of saying " |
26 | Murder was to make him something he had always suspected he might be , but had never dreamed of becoming — interesting . |
27 | I had never dreamed of such a thing . |
28 | Without bothering to close the door , Ludovico began to make long and passionate love to her , teaching her how to take and give pleasure in ways she had never dreamed of . |
29 | What do you now own that you had never dreamed of owning ? |
30 | Now , as he stumbled towards the window of his room , he recognized that resentment lay behind his disbelief : resentment that his friendship with Dysart might have an origin he had never dreamed of ; that , in lending him a helping hand whenever he could , Dysart had merely been slumming . |