Example sentences of "have hoped for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd hoped for a little money , at the very most , a thousand . |
| 2 | Swindon Town say they 're disappointed after a Football League Tribunal valued their former player manager Glen Hoddle at only seventy five thousand pounds , when they 'd hoped for a million . |
| 3 | The Prince could not have hoped for a better platform . |
| 4 | After a lousy annual meeting and a lousy result against Crystal Palace , Alex Ferguson might reasonably have hoped for a change of fortune . |
| 5 | She could not have guessed how much she would enjoy herself with a stranger , how completely this woman was in sympathy with her , could not have hoped for a new friend to come out , at this stage in her life , and give her so much pleasure . |
| 6 | Carl Llewellyn , 26 , was having his third ride in the Grand National and could never have hoped for a better experience around the huge Aintree fences . |
| 7 | Beauty is only skin deep , as they say , but I would have hoped for a lot more from a C64 . |
| 8 | For a teaching museum we could n't have hoped for a better gift . |
| 9 | ‘ We could n't have hoped for a better first few weeks of the tour . |
| 10 | Even the Government President of Upper Bavaria felt compelled to admit that the relief about Hitler 's survival was not unanimous , but that ‘ part of the population would have welcomed the success of the assassination attempt in the first instance because they would have hoped for an earlier end to the war from it ’ . |
| 11 | Commander Michael Porter , Tory chairman of the council 's education committee , said he had hoped for a decision that would ‘ provide us with a way to achieve the best possible education for pupils in south Reading , allowing us to set up a super new school designed for the demands of the 21st century , and a sixth form college . ’ |
| 12 | She had hoped for a while that Seth could straighten Joey out . |
| 13 | She had hoped for a new freedom , but had found a trap . |
| 14 | Dr Owen 's decision to support tactical voting for some Liberal Democrat candidates will surprise senior Conservatives , who had hoped for a simple message of support for Mr Major . |
| 15 | Ireland had hoped for a three-day match but this was not possible . |
| 16 | But Winnie , in all , though glad he was sick , that he had not jilted her , would have much preferred a broken leg — she had hoped for a broken leg — than the way he was , like those newsreel horrors : Hitler 's Jews , like something out of Belsen . |
| 17 | ‘ Dr Armitage , I confess I had hoped for a little more from someone who knew Dr Wetherby so well and was resident at the same convention . |
| 18 | After the letter came she had hoped for a miracle and prayed for one , too , but Richie Daly 's visit had snuffed out that hope in one short sentence . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Meticulous Jeff had hoped for a fine , calm evening — but it was misty and windy . |
| 21 | Greece had hoped for a more favourable frontier with Turkey ; she got some of what she wanted in 1881 . |
| 22 | Some had hoped for a change of emphasis . |
| 23 | He had hoped for a critical reexamination of the field . |
| 24 | If he had hoped for a gentle introduction to the life of the School , he was soon to be disappointed , for 1978 was to be the year in which far-reaching changes were to be set in motion . |
| 25 | It was clear that the Adjudicator had hoped for a more detailed explanation . |
| 26 | He needed to compare his ledger 's statistics with the industry averages/norm , and he had hoped for a concentrated sample from their trade association , but no such luck . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I had hoped for a conference with the Turkish and Greek Governments and representatives of the two communities . |
| 30 | A fall off in world prices dampened the expectations of international creditor banks , which had hoped for a higher level of interest payments on Ecuador 's foreign debt ( estimated to be over US$12,000 million ) , as well as domestic hopes for increased social spending . |