Example sentences of "[adv] hope a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean you 've got to try and keep yourself afloat , and then even that 's not going to help you , if nobody comes along and picks you up either , so I mean that But I mean I I did n't Oh well I Suppose I could say I gave up hope a few times but obviously if you s The struggle to survive comes through in the long run , and I mean it 's it 's not easy to give up hope , |
| 2 | He modestly and realistically hopes a better candidate can be found . |
| 3 | He modestly and realistically hopes a better candidate can be found . |
| 4 | She 's now hoping a charitable trust will soon pay for her operation to be done privately . |
| 5 | The BBC , which despite backbreaking efforts to avoid bias ( largely successful outside the Radio 4 's Today studio ) secretly hoped a Labour victory would avert a shake-up . |
| 6 | There were times , though , when he rather hoped a working-class bloke would take a shine to his wife and beat the hell out of her . |