Example sentences of "as they [vb past] hoped " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lowndes found that management controls and stock levels were not as good as they had hoped . |
| 2 | It was n't working out as they had hoped . |
| 3 | Secondly , their underrating of the ‘ caesaristic ’ elements of Hitler 's mass charismatic base meant that , far from providing a new foundation for the power of the traditional élites , as they had hoped , the plebiscitary acclamation of the Führer enabled Hitler 's own power to detach itself from its likely shackles and develop a high degree of relative autonomy , at the same time reducing former dominant groups like the army from ‘ power-élites ’ proper to merely ‘ functional élites ’ , unable to check Hitler himself and the ‘ wild men ’ of the Nazi Movement , even when wishing to do so . |
| 4 | Morrissey and the lads were apparently miffed that their last two singles were n't as successful as they had hoped . |
| 5 | As they had hoped , when domestic coal supplies became more plentiful in the mid-1950s , the share of electricity sold for space heating did indeed decline sharply . |
| 6 | By the second year there was considerable disappointment that they had not developed the purchasing role as far as they had hoped . |
| 7 | Charlie explains that some people blame her when the weather does not turn out as they had hoped . |
| 8 | But members of the fund-raising committee now believe it will not be run as they had hoped . |
| 9 | They are frustrated because things are n't working out as they had hoped . |
| 10 | Things were n't working out as they 'd hoped , he said , and it had been agreed to take Peter off presenting the early evening news programme . |