Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] hope [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I was hoping to do some digging , ’ said the Prince , ‘ but it 's so hard that I ca n't get the spade in . |
| 2 | ‘ I was hoping to do some digging , ’ he told Harold Haywood , secretary of the Prince 's Trust one Friday evening . |
| 3 | ‘ I came back because I was hoping to get some England recognition and thought my chances would improve , especially under a manager whom I loved working with at Sheffield Wednesday , ’ the player admitted . |
| 4 | ‘ I came back because I was hoping to get some England recognition and thought my chances would improve , especially under a manager whom I loved working with at Sheffield Wednesday , ’ the player admitted . |
| 5 | Well I was going to but I was I was hoping to get some news on er summer cruise cos I 'm gon na do a whole sales department down in swops and changes first |
| 6 | It was as if by drinking from the cold spring they were hoping to appease some spirit of the place so that it would n't turn unfriendly to their studies ; but they could not settle as they tried to read and make notes . |
| 7 | They were hoping to have some choice about their future occupation after graduation . |