Example sentences of "hoping for [art] best " in BNC.

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1 There was no question of simply negotiating a deal with one American company , as producers had done in the 1930s , and then just hoping for the best .
2 We are hoping for the best for Over The Road , who has shown no signs of suffering any virus at the moment . ’
3 I knew no other way to learn technique , so I kept on trying to do what she told me , hoping for the best , hoping that my true voice would appear around the corner .
4 For some , it was simply a case of combining the orthodox grammar-school curriculum with the much less precise curriculum of the secondary modern school , and hoping for the best .
5 I was hoping for the best , never believing this sort of thing could happen to my own little horse .
6 ‘ We will go to Leeds , the defending champions , feeling confident , instead of just hoping for the best — and that 's a measure of how far we 've come .
7 While in India Aung San gave a press conference where he snapped out that he was ‘ Hoping for the best but prepared for the worst ’ .
8 Look , in my day , before the war , we always had wingers , none of this booting up the middle and hoping for the best .
9 Kicking the ball up field and ‘ hoping for the best ’ , as you put it , is fundamental to my strategy this season and a change in policy now would only disrupt the well-oiled machine I have created .
10 Everyone is different , and although obviously some birth complications can be foreseen , such as if the baby is in an unusual position , or if the mother is particularly small and slim , in general , every expectant mother goes into labour hoping for the best , hoping that she 'll be the one to have a quick and easy time .
11 Issues like food additives do concern me but I 'm just not sure whether it 's worth worrying — I usually end up following my own instincts and hoping for the best . ’
12 Tossing it all together in a heap in a pan , and then hoping for the best , would produce another totally inedible meal .
13 Consequently she 'd prepared for the worst while hoping for the best .
14 This is not an amalgamation for its own sake , it is not an amalgamation to manage a continuing and more comfortable decline , it 's not bolting together two super unions into one mega union and just hoping for the best .
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