Example sentences of "have hoped for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 'd hoped for personal service , ’ said Giles . |
2 | Having said all that , you 'd have hoped for tighter marking on the best striker in England when he 's already got 2 goals ! ! |
3 | And I was very sad to face the fact that , having hoped for four years , I might now never have a second child . |
4 | The crisis-ridden years of 1961–2 had dampened the optimism of those who had hoped for new initiatives to end the Cold War . |
5 | Raymond Cusick had hoped for six Daleks from his budget but in the end the money only ran to affording four . |
6 | He had hoped for better things than this . |
7 | I had hoped for weeping willows , cedars of Lebanon , Lombardy poplars , seaweeds , perhaps deer antlers . |