Example sentences of "be hope [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 We 're hoping for a good day tomorrow
2 This time they 're hoping for a happier ending .
3 Yes , hopefully we 'll get a big crowd today , Ron Atkinson 's coming to present the , the new strip before the game , so we 're hoping for a big crowd .
4 We 've got a ladies luncheon in Glasgow for four hundred and the organiser , Ruth the chair of Glasgow branch , is being helped by two ladies from the business community erm Linda from the BAFTA award and Tessa who has her own marketing company , so we 're hoping to sort of pull in a lot of people from that erm Judy the chair of Scottish council , is yet again holding her Charlotte Square ball erm , this was very , very successful two years ago , I think you know erm and we 're hoping for the same success erm , we are very lucky that the Royal Highland Show has chosen us to be er the charity this year for the gala preview of the show erm this is er for three hundred people , a champagne reception erm sponsored by the Bank of Scotland , so that you go and see the flowers before the show opens the next day .
5 High road : Two of the dare-devils who will be hoping for a following wind along the Antrim Coast road , John Pinkerton ( left ) from Birmingham , and Scotsman Alex Brown .
6 Booth will be hoping for a Private Greens league singles championship , and then an Irish one to put him in the frame for Commonwealth Games selection .
7 Although his owner , Charles St George , obviously feels his colt has the necessary speed for Newmarket , he and trainer Henry Cecil will no doubt be hoping for a strong pace on 21 October .
8 Dayflower made history last week at York when she became the first Dubai trained runner to win in England and 31-year-old trainer Indian Satish Seewar will be hoping for a similar landmark in Ireland .
9 His family have a message for other parents who may be hoping for a similar hospital place for their glue-sniffing child
10 In the second semi-final Docklands Rover will be hoping for a clear run out of trap three , receiving five metres start from six-dog Ruffside Hall , which has won two of its three races from one metre .
11 The Spanish government may , of course , be hoping in the long term to be able to buy at least part of this collection at favourable rates ; otherwise it must simply be gambling on the Thyssen collection being a sufficiently spectacular and alluring feather in the cultural cap of the capital over the next ten years to make its considerable investment worthwhile .
12 I 'm hoping for a new one this year .
13 With help from sympathetic resources they were hoping for a world-wide mailing of leaflets .
14 But first , if you were hoping for a swift end to the depression in the housing market , think again .
15 While many children were hoping for a white Christmas more than 500,000 families were packing their suitcases and heading for the sun .
16 All sides are hoping for a successful horse fair this year and that the closest they get to a confrontation is a clash of cultures .
17 All sides are hoping for a successful horse fair this year and that the closest they get to a confrontation is a clash of cultures .
18 We are hoping for a wide variety of candidates so that all Catholic life can be represented .
19 Celtic fans arriving at Park Head Stadium this evening are hoping for a European victory over their Portuguese guests in the manner of past glories .
20 THERE are some Conservative voters who , believe it or not , are hoping for a Labour victory , on the simple logic that ‘ it has to get worse before it gets better ’ .
21 50 years ago it proved a Bridge Too Far … next September the men from Arnhem are hoping for a happier ending .
22 Morpeth Harriers , who bring in Stephen Priest and Eric Hurrell , are hoping for a top-ten placing .
23 We are hoping for the best for Over The Road , who has shown no signs of suffering any virus at the moment . ’
24 The closest analogy I can think of is that it is very much like fishing , you never know what you are going to catch , you have to pull in the small ones when you are hoping for the big one , but occasionally a big one comes along when you least expect it .
25 I know Martinho had been hoping for a religious programme .
26 Sophie 's voice dipped in disappointment , as if she had been hoping for a graphic account of overturned furniture and blood on the walls .
27 Fifty miles south-west of the railway line bomb , 13 Platoon of 6 UDR reported in for duty at 0600 ; they had been hoping for a quiet day , in order to catch up on some training .
28 Subconsciously , she realised , she 'd been hoping for a ready answer , an explanation which would clear her niggling doubts …
29 The embattled Chancellor had been hoping for a public show of loyalty from the Prime Minister .
30 The alliance is a blow to the ruling Parti Socialiste of President François Mitterrand , which had been hoping for an electoral alliance with the Green parties .
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