Example sentences of "hope for " in BNC.
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| 31 | Liam just decided to ignore it all and hope for the best . |
| 32 | Keating 's gospel breeds hope for some , frustration and despair for others . |
| 33 | If we deny this , surely we deny profit to society , opportunity for today 's older people and hope for our future selves . |
| 34 | Glad of our meeting in Vancouver and hope for a reunion in New York , Moscow , Samarkand or the Volga ’ . |
| 35 | It makes so much difference if you tell each other what you hope for , rather than expecting your partner to know , or to assume that your partner wants and expects the same things . |
| 36 | Dr. Scambler had given up much hope for his life , but within a few days he was surprisingly recovered . |
| 37 | Existing methods are expensive and inefficient — but chemists hope for a breakthrough in at least one area of research , converting sunlight directly into chemical energy , for example . |
| 38 | I would just wait at home and hope for the best — you know , that a decent price would be bid . |
| 39 | Do the best you can , hope for the best with the unpredictable and try to keep a sense of humour . |
| 40 | I see why you hope for surrender before the rain comes to refill their cisterns . |
| 41 | I hope for promotion soon to Chief Steward . |
| 42 | Hope for the return of rain to make Ethiopian grain lands fertile . |
| 43 | Hope for the success of peace negotiations between Bosnian and Serbian peoples . |
| 44 | It would provide homes for the homeless , hope for the hopeless . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | ‘ You can be certain they hope for that but I do n't believe for a moment they expect it . |
| 47 | But footballers are still not wealthy by any means — so a trip to the west is the jackpot they hope for . |
| 48 | I hope for your sake that those who provide them for you are as careful in following the rules as you should be when creating your own . |
| 49 | Deliver him into my hands now and I swear , as I hope for salvation , that you will never have cause to regret it . |
| 50 | Of course it is admirable that expectations are high and that women should be given greater autonomy ( and hope for more in the sexual area than their Victorian forebears ) . |
| 51 | Nor that I thereby hope for immortality : |
| 52 | ‘ Sir , it is not that , but I hope for an appointment in England . |
| 53 | ‘ Sir , it is not that , but I hope for an appointment in England . |
| 54 | In Al Ain , as everywhere , fathers normally look for the happiness of their children and hope for a compatible , genial match . |
| 55 | ‘ Oh well , hope for the best . |
| 56 | I had known that this was pending but when , over the last few weeks , I had enquired when they were going to start out , the reply was always the same , ‘ Oh , I think we 'll wait a bit and hope for some warmer weather . ’ |
| 57 | 2Care* * Care for the Elderly and Hope for the Hurt Mind |
| 58 | Rather , what I hope for is a linguistic universe in which people will accept that they must consider the alternatives and then make their own choices , instead of relying so heavily on authority — even some hypothetical feminist authority — to tell them what is acceptable or ‘ correct ’ linguistic usage . |
| 59 | So when you holiday in Britain you can wish for good weather and only hope for the best . |
| 60 | ‘ I give them aspirin and hope for the best . |