Example sentences of "[pers pn] hope [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope for promotion soon to Chief Steward . |
| 2 | ‘ I hope for Mrs Kettle 's sake that she is right . ’ |
| 3 | Deliver him into my hands now and I swear , as I hope for salvation , that you will never have cause to regret it . |
| 4 | If you sign the document in your own home , as you would do with a doorstep salesman , er then the law does give you a chance to change your mind , although I hope for goodness sake you would all be very wary about signing any kind of legal document thrust under your nose from a doorstep salesman . |
| 5 | ‘ I hope to God you know what you 're doing , ’ said Julie when her sister returned . |
| 6 | ‘ I hope to heaven this leg is not broken ! ’ |
| 7 | I hope to God , he thought , Durkin does not try to get back before the storm breaks . |
| 8 | ‘ I hope to God , ’ he quavered , ‘ somethin' happens that will divert you from the path you have chosen . |
| 9 | Dustin commented : ‘ I hope to God I do n't win an Oscar tomorrow night . |
| 10 | ‘ I hope to God she 'll come ! ’ he whispered . |
| 11 | Except that I hope to God they let Sam go . ’ |
| 12 | And frankly I think it and I hope to God that John I d I know he does n't want to see it happen to him , I hope to God it does n't . |
| 13 | And frankly I think it and I hope to God that John I d I know he does n't want to see it happen to him , I hope to God it does n't . |
| 14 | I hope to God nobody 's acce a you know , going down the road and |
| 15 | Let's have a look at that white sheet first erm , quoits are done , I 'll do the pools after those shot , javelin , discus , low on darts , they 've ticked these so I hope to God they 're right well that Justin 'll do anything to be perfectly honest er I wish she , it makes it so difficult when you ca n't trust people . |
| 16 | I hope to God I do get paid for that |
| 17 | God I hope to God he does n't pick me today . |
| 18 | I hope I can get plain sewing work enough where I need not spoil my fingers , but if I ca n't , I hope to mae my hands as red as blood pudding and as hard as a beechen trencher to accommodate them to my condition . |
| 19 | Indeed I own myself unworthy and I long to be the servant of even the least religious in the Church of God and I hope by God 's grace to be made a sharer with them … |
| 20 | On the other hand , you will have gathered already that we are going to talk about Greater York , so I think there may be some distinct benefit and merit in you being he here to listen to that , er particular part of the topic , now the , I hope in fact that we can deal with the remainder of H One , because it it does lead quite logically into the next issue which we want to talk about , which is the new settlement in the Greater York area , er and I hope that we can get through this item by our morning break , that but whenever we do conclude on H One we will have to have a slightly longer break just to enable the seating arrangements to be sorted out properly for all participants who are involved in the discussion on the new settlement . |
| 21 | It was lovely to see you again over Easter ; I hope in retrospect , that it was a worthwhile trip . |
| 22 | But how strange it was , the changes which the past two or three weeks had brought : not merely the changes of circumstances ; her father and his hoped for promotion , herself going to the Stadium , Omi talking about herself , Fritz … but the whole relationship inside the family had altered , and she herself had changed , and it had begun with the arrival of Uncle Karl , as if he were a sorcerer , a wave of whose manicured hands could transform life , as alchemists thought they could transform base metal into gold or , with a certain sinister frisson , perhaps the other way around . |
| 23 | ‘ I hoped for peace , Yuan . |
| 24 | I hoped for rain . |
| 25 | I hoped for rain . |
| 26 | I hoped to God she was n't Truro Daine . |
| 27 | I hoped to heaven the pharmacist would n't ask me difficult questions like ‘ how many ? ’ or ‘ what size ? ’ . |
| 28 | I see why you hope for surrender before the rain comes to refill their cisterns . |
| 29 | Can you hope for Heaven , then ? ’ |
| 30 | She hopes in future it will be possible to restore the word nigger without stirring up racial tensions . |