Example sentences of "[pron] [be] hope [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I 'm hoping in some way we can stop it happening again .
2 I was hoping for some money , as I was saving frantically to buy the owl for myself .
3 But RSI sufferes who 're hoping for some compensation from their employers are worried the Judge 's ruling may make harm their chances .
4 Meyer has her sights on McColgan again Harry Pincott meets Elana Meyer , who is hoping for more success in the World Cross-Country Championships
5 They 're hoping for more bookings .
6 The Court adjourned the matter until Thursday , ‘ but it is hoped by both parties that by then the current uncertainty and speculation concerning the future of Manchester will have been resolved ’ .
7 The University denied it was hoping for some form of financial benefit from the visit .
8 In the seventeenth century a law was brought in which forbade the burial of the dead in any but woollen shrouds , because it was hoped by this decree to support the failing woollen trade of the Dales .
9 It was hoped in this way to reduce the high refusal rate which is a hazard in sociolinguistic surveys , and indeed the method seemed in general to be successful in this respect ; altogether , out of 40 addresses visited , only 8 refusals were recorded .
10 In the discussions of the mid-1970s it was hoped in some institutions that this step might be the forerunner of others involving greater delegation of powers .
11 The Shah 's enemies saw the move differently , The fact that they was now lingering in the area , first in Egypt an now Morocco , rather than proceeding straight to the United States as announced , inevitably aroused the suspicion that he was hoping for some sort of repeat of 1953 .
12 Everyone 's hoping for that dream ticket , and tonight there 's a big win .
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