Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] hope that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was hoping that P & I 's would be having a sale and that I could get a new concordance but she would n't even let me look . |
| 2 | I was hoping that Vecchi would show up in the near future and save everybody a lot of headaches . |
| 3 | I knew it was wrong but as time went on I found that despite myself I was hoping that Iraq would win . |
| 4 | I was hoping that Jane would type my application , but when she came to visit me in Cambridge , she had her arm in plaster , having broken it . |
| 5 | I mean , you obviously know what I want here , but I mean I was hoping that Yvonne would come across and work maybe two stroke three days a week for me even when |
| 6 | I was hoping that Steinmark would be back on Monday but I 'm afraid that you will have to carry on the best you can . |
| 7 | You were hoping that Dame Martha , like everyone else , saw what you wanted them to see : a woman wearing Lady Eleanor 's cloak and ring must be Lady Eleanor . |
| 8 | It would take two years to decide whether the country would leave the Southern African Customs Union ( SACU ) , he said , but it was hoped that Namibia would be able to set up " a foreign exchange control system more liberal than the one which we must accept at present " . |
| 9 | Mr Hunt said it was hoped that Allitt would be either transferred to another hospital or returned to Rampton . |
| 10 | It was hoped that Japan could re-establish herself to some extent in the islands of Habomai and Shikotan while the Kurils should come under a UN mandate . |
| 11 | It was hoped that parents and staff would become more aware of the importance of sharing . |
| 12 | Thereafter , normally by innovative ploys , it was hoped that Scotland could at least win their own ball . |
| 13 | A county council spokesman said it was hoped that councillors would agree to a site visit to see for themselves if lay-bys were necessary . |
| 14 | Also it was hoped that investors ( eg pension funds ) would put their money into property for letting , assured of a reasonable return . |
| 15 | It was hoped that people would not be made worse off by taking a job ( the unemployment trap ) , nor would they lose money when their gross pay rose ( the poverty trap ) , due to the loss of means-tested benefits in each case . |
| 16 | Initially , it was hoped that publications directly deriving from theses could be unambiguously identified , but this was not possible . |
| 17 | Initially , it was hoped that publications directly deriving from theses could be unambiguously identified , but this was not possible . |
| 18 | It was hoped that sale of the stake would benefit the consortium . |