Example sentences of "and hope for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Al Ain , as everywhere , fathers normally look for the happiness of their children and hope for a compatible , genial match . |
| 2 | This is not to suggest that all , or indeed any , should be discarded ; if England have to go for maturity and hope for the best , so be it . |
| 3 | So it 's surprising that when we 're staying in a guest house on a walking holiday we 're content just to order ‘ a packed lunch ’ , and hope for the best . |
| 4 | But there was nothing for filmmakers to do but plunge on , grab every chance that came their way and hope for the best . |
| 5 | It is not enough to rely on vitamin pills and hope for the best . |
| 6 | I do n't know what you 've got planned , there , but a decent boys ' day school is not something to be entered into lightly , it 's a hell of a commitment , I mean I send mine to the local primary and hope for the best … |
| 7 | Liam just decided to ignore it all and hope for the best . |
| 8 | I would just wait at home and hope for the best — you know , that a decent price would be bid . |
| 9 | ‘ I give them aspirin and hope for the best . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , we must accept an uneasy status quo and hope for the best . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll just have to keep pestering and hope for the best . ’ |
| 12 | Maybe he 'd already unearthed what was left , and it was too late just to warn him off and hope for the best . |
| 13 | Look how he blooded Speed and Batty … he did nt chuck them in and hope for the best . |
| 14 | * Care for the Elderly and Hope for the Hurt Mind |
| 15 | 2Care* * Care for the Elderly and Hope for the Hurt Mind |
| 16 | On balance , the best policy ahead of such a closely-fought election is to hang on and hope for the best . |
| 17 | The next day , and the day after , his requests for an audience met with a blunt refusal and the clerk had to stay and hope for the best . |
| 18 | The others will have to stay here and hope for the best . |
| 19 | It was far safer to start a town off with a charter , a market and a fair , and a few other practical inducements to settlers , and then to sit back and hope for the best . |
| 20 | She tried to decide whether she should swallow her pride and tell John how she felt or whether to just go on and hope for the best . |
| 21 | Faced with the decision of raising less money and hoping for a successful issue or shelving the flotation altogether , Ronnie Frost , chairman , opted for the cheaper share price . |
| 22 | Young physicians entering their first research post and hoping for a higher degree are vulnerable and naive . |
| 23 | There were moments when the sun almost burst through the mist and I kept on driving , waiting and hoping for a first glimpse of the cordillera , my mind groping for some answer to the enigma of Iris Sunderby 's behaviour . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Look , in my day , before the war , we always had wingers , none of this booting up the middle and hoping for the best . |
| 26 | 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 . ’ |
| 27 | Outside , the Campaign for Labour Representation in Northern Ireland was already planning to return next year , spending around £250 a head on travel and accommodation and hoping for an unforeseen breakthrough . |
| 28 | He was 18 , fed up with everything Scotland had to offer , and hoped for a fresh start in the USA . |
| 29 | He just shut his eyes and hoped for the best . |
| 30 | The queue on Sat am was outrageous , and I was told that the end of it would n't get Oxford tickets , so I just left and hoped for the best with the fax request . |