Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] as [pers pn] [verb] hoped " in BNC.
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| 1 | But managing director Mr Peter Jarvis admitted : ‘ Because of the squeeze on spending , retailing , particularly in the South-east , is not doing so well as we had hoped . ’ |
| 2 | And you 'll agree that we 're not doing that as quickly as we 'd hoped ? |
| 3 | There 's serious talking to be done this week , especially is it now seems you are n't going to be able to escape an intense situation as quickly as you 'd hoped . |
| 4 | By the second year there was considerable disappointment that they had not developed the purchasing role as far as they had hoped . |
| 5 | Dysart nodded , considered the point for a moment then said : ‘ Some might say it was a sign she had n't recovered as well as we 'd hoped . ’ |
| 6 | I think it still is the way forward and I do n't think it was so much that things went wrong as that they did n't go as well as we had hoped for the women elections to the shadow cabinet . |
| 7 | Nigel 's novel was not doing quite as well as he had hoped . |
| 8 | ‘ Not as well as I 'd hoped . |
| 9 | Ven chopped her off stingingly before she could finish — and Fabia knew then that she was n't going to get off as lightly as she 'd hoped . |