Example sentences of "[adv] hoping for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today it was to be local aerobatics ; the war in Europe may have ended , but he was eagerly hoping for a posting to the Pacific Theatre . |
| 2 | Like brownies , they prefer to work during daylight hours and snooze in a warm spot by the hearth during the day , only hoping for a bowl of milk as payment for their labours . |
| 3 | I 'm not hoping for a shell-casing , you know , but if he 'd just get a fucking nose-bleed or something , I 'd be a happy man . ’ |
| 4 | By late November , in a mood not far from suicidal , he was in London once more , desperately hoping for a win in the Irish Lottery ; but when that last hope failed , he used the only means he could find of acting decisively . |
| 5 | The former Manchester United and Everton star joins UTV 's studio team for the big clash from Lansdowne Road , desperately hoping for a Northern Ireland win . |
| 6 | Manager Jim McCorry , who twice played against Fermanagh in the championship , is desperately hoping for a prolonged run to compensate for a disappointing and dismal league campaign . |
| 7 | As the fiery blush mounted her cheeks , she shook his hand briefly , desperately hoping for a miracle . |
| 8 | There was no question of simply negotiating a deal with one American company , as producers had done in the 1930s , and then just hoping for the best . |
| 9 | ‘ We will go to Leeds , the defending champions , feeling confident , instead of just hoping for the best — and that 's a measure of how far we 've come . |
| 10 | This is not an amalgamation for its own sake , it is not an amalgamation to manage a continuing and more comfortable decline , it 's not bolting together two super unions into one mega union and just hoping for the best . |
| 11 | They are waiting to hear from English Heritage and are also hoping for a grant from the East Hampshire District Council . |
| 12 | But Walker , who is contender for Great Britain 's Olympic team , was clearly hoping for a much better time on what amounted to a solo run . |
| 13 | But no , The Day Leeds Won The Title they were n't there , apart from one fat bloke called Jimmy who 'd gone out hoping for a quiet drink … |
| 14 | He flew around hoping for a break in the visibility . |
| 15 | Tossing it all together in a heap in a pan , and then hoping for the best , would produce another totally inedible meal . |
| 16 | While ultimately hoping for a unified effort which reaches the smaller operator , he welcomes the global approach of the WTTERC — the sheer volume of the business produces , he says , enormous opportunity for environmental gain . |