Example sentences of "[pers pn] be hope for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It really was good fun , although I am hoping for fair weather for next week 's voyage . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm hoping for brisker trade on the road . ’ |
| 3 | I was hoping for 13 from games 7–12 and will be happy to achieve that . |
| 4 | In 1971 I was hoping for great things , because the British Open was at Birkdale , my home-course , but Tom could n't handle Birkdale . |
| 5 | ‘ I was hoping for platinum-blonde , or red , but now it 's dry I find it 's plain old mouse . ’ |
| 6 | I was hoping for some money , as I was saving frantically to buy the owl for myself . |
| 7 | I suppose you 're hoping for good digging weather because you have to dig a fairly big hole to put a tree in it , do n't you ? |
| 8 | She 's hoping for better things this time round . |
| 9 | But we 're hoping for long-eared owls in this one . ‘ |
| 10 | They 're hoping for more bookings . |
| 11 | The University denied it was hoping for some form of financial benefit from the visit . |
| 12 | Sigua said that he was hoping for economic aid and credits from the USA and Iran and for bilateral trade agreements with Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) countries to relieve the situation . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She rather thought he was hoping for some reciprocal comment or gesture , but for the life of her , whether he thought it unforgivable or not , she just had to burst out laughing , and ‘ Lubor ! ’ she laughed . |