Example sentences of "but [pers pn] hope for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He might be able to make a decent cup of coffee but I hope for her sake that he is good at washing up afterwards too . |
| 2 | ‘ Sir , it is not that , but I hope for an appointment in England . |
| 3 | ‘ Sir , it is not that , but I hope for an appointment in England . |
| 4 | the FA Cup may be over for Hereford , but we hope for better things from Swindon and Oxford : Here 's a reminder of the draw for the Third round — they were the first two out of the bag — both at home too . |
| 5 | But he hopes for something quite different . |
| 6 | Jones is not challenging the verdict of the FA commission , which found him guilty of bringing the game into disrepute , but he hopes for a reduction in the heaviest punishment ever imposed on an individual player . |
| 7 | He sought the means to do something quite different , creating it out of himself as he went along — but he hoped for everyone : a way of looking that was a kind of worship . |