Example sentences of "hope [pers pn] would [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew it was too much to hope he would arrive in the office with all his worldly possessions , but longed for proof that he had moved out . |
| 2 | The developer hopes it would link with the existing Magnetic Imaging Centre , which already operates a sophisticated body scanner . |
| 3 | " I think Uncle rather hoped I 'd live in the two rooms at the back but they smell a bit too powerfully of monkey and parrot so I 've moved up into his flat . |
| 4 | Even the king , who , unlike his district governor , had practised these precepts himself , had not expected his subjects to do so too , though he hoped they would strive towards the ideal . |
| 5 | I thought they were lucky in their officials — executive leader Ali Bacher , ANC official Steve Tshwete , manager Alan Jordaan , and coach Mike Procter — and hoped they would enjoy to the full this honeymoon period of World Cup cricket in which their national fans were firmly behind them . |
| 6 | Maggie thought of Tom from Northallerton and hoped he would come to the pictures that night . |
| 7 | And I stuck this bit of ivy in hoping it would grow over the fence . |
| 8 | When that did not work they tried pumping or spraying it on to neighbouring fields , hoping it would filter through the ground by natural causes . |
| 9 | Annie was hoping he would go in the opposite direction when they got to the end of the path leading from the rose gardens but to her dismay he moved into step beside her . |