Example sentences of "[vb past] hoped for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd hoped for personal service , ’ said Giles . |
| 2 | The crisis-ridden years of 1961–2 had dampened the optimism of those who had hoped for new initiatives to end the Cold War . |
| 3 | Raymond Cusick had hoped for six Daleks from his budget but in the end the money only ran to affording four . |
| 4 | He had hoped for better things than this . |
| 5 | I had hoped for weeping willows , cedars of Lebanon , Lombardy poplars , seaweeds , perhaps deer antlers . |