Example sentences of "[noun] had hope for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meticulous Jeff had hoped for a fine , calm evening — but it was misty and windy . |
| 2 | Raymond Cusick had hoped for six Daleks from his budget but in the end the money only ran to affording four . |
| 3 | Ireland had hoped for a three-day match but this was not possible . |
| 4 | The inquiry had heard forensic details of each individual death but as Mark Smith reports the parents had hoped for a great deal more . |
| 5 | It was not the answer Katherine had hoped for . |
| 6 | The Howards had hoped for more than a million pounds in compensation … the cost of caring for Michelle , and paying for the court case , has stretched their finances to the limit . |
| 7 | None of the districts came out with a clear resolution of the underlying planning difficulties , and the clear cut local decision in favour of closures which the RHA had hoped for , was not forthcoming . |
| 8 | The Yorkshire team had hoped for twice that much . |
| 9 | The self-discipline and lessened dependence on each other that Helen had hoped for had had some effect on Edward , as his first letter to Helen from his Oxford lodgings shows : |
| 10 | In addition , central management failed to provide the clear leadership Griffiths had hoped for . |
| 11 | Clarity about their role presented another problem : secondees had hoped for a job description , clear role definition with well defined tasks and clear line management responsibility . |
| 12 | What he was offering was something which Huy had hoped for , though the source was surprising . |
| 13 | Marion had hoped for a disco maybe , or else a smart hotel , but this … well , once weddings were in the air , they all came out of the woodwork : aunts and cousins you had n't seen in years , bringing engagement presents . |
| 14 | Their armed Yemeni captor had hoped for a US$1,000,000 ransom . |
| 15 | ( The outcome was also less than the Soviet Union had hoped for . |
| 16 | The effect of the case , however , was the reverse of what some of his critics had hoped for : attempts to bring similar charges against others failed , and the right and indeed duty of biblical scholars to explore these questions came to be tacitly accepted in Scotland as elsewhere . |
| 17 | Perhaps Bidault , on a visit to the US , gave the best idea of French intentions when he said that Marshall Aid would make it possible for France ‘ to avoid the abandonment of French positions ’ and even where there were the generous intentions that the US had hoped for , one way or another they always seemed to be frustrated . |
| 18 | Ultimately , this was not the major artistic success Costello had hoped for , but a tiny triumph . |
| 19 | It was clear that the Adjudicator had hoped for a more detailed explanation . |
| 20 | Events at Sheffield 's Grosvener House hotel proved even more spectacular than entrepreneur Ray Carter had hoped for when Lisa Crossland , of GT Sports , claimed he that PPF pool entrepreneur Ray Carter had taken the jackets from her shop , promising to pay up later . |
| 21 | After forcing Gooch to eat his words by winning an England recall this summer and passing Geoff Boycott 's Test runs record , Gower had hoped for a late honeymoon in India . |
| 22 | Nursing staff at the famous Beeson Ward had hoped for a last minute reprieve , but the Health Authority stuck by its decision to close down the only ward in the country where nurses , not doctors , have the responsibility for admitting and discharging patients . |
| 23 | Turkey had hoped for agreement on a range of economic issues , including the lifting of customs barriers , the creation of the infrastructure necessary for the free movement of goods and labour and the establishment of a regional development and investment bank . |
| 24 | The Grand Bazaar on 19th–21st November 1891 realised over £6,000 — much more than Agnew had hoped for , and by the end of 1892 , Agnew had met his target for the Building Fund , and work commenced on the new Institute . |
| 25 | ( The knife was a rather blunt penknife , not the sharp sheath knife Nick had hoped for , but it was better than nothing , and Carrie tried hard to be pleased with her Bible because Nick was grinning so slyly . ) |
| 26 | The survey — smaller than BRE had hoped for — looked at 269 complaints . |
| 27 | Greece had hoped for a more favourable frontier with Turkey ; she got some of what she wanted in 1881 . |
| 28 | If Henry had hoped for peace , he was to be sadly disillusioned . |
| 29 | Instead of the enthusiasm Pope John had hoped for , there was what he was reduced to calling ‘ a devout and impressive silence ’ ( Hebblethwaite , 1984 , p. 196 ) . |
| 30 | Anne 's first words were not uttered in the encouraging tones Robyn had hoped for . |