Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] hope for the " in BNC.

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1 Like her , the General had prayed and hoped for the violet 's return , and now it had come and it would surely blossom more gloriously than ever before .
2 ‘ Well , if you must know , that I 'm just waiting and hoping for the chance to marry you some day . ’
3 The next day , and the day after , his requests for an audience met with a blunt refusal and the clerk had to stay and hope for the best .
4 The queue on Sat am was outrageous , and I was told that the end of it would n't get Oxford tickets , so I just left and hoped for the best with the fax request .
5 ‘ I 'll just have to keep pestering and hope for the best . ’
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