Example sentences of "hoped for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Owen 's decision to support tactical voting for some Liberal Democrat candidates will surprise senior Conservatives , who had hoped for a simple message of support for Mr Major . |
| 2 | They had both hoped for a classic siege manoeuvre : a complete blockade of supplies , followed when the city was weak by an assault over ditches infilled by themselves , and preceded by feints , night attacks and heavy bombardment . |
| 3 | If he had hoped for a gentle introduction to the life of the School , he was soon to be disappointed , for 1978 was to be the year in which far-reaching changes were to be set in motion . |
| 4 | The Prince could not have hoped for a better platform . |
| 5 | Walker recorded a time of 8 mins 26.50 secs in Auckland two years ago , and after a highly successful , injury-free winter , had hoped for a better opening to his steeplechase season . |
| 6 | Carl Llewellyn , 26 , was having his third ride in the Grand National and could never have hoped for a better experience around the huge Aintree fences . |
| 7 | For a teaching museum we could n't have hoped for a better gift . |
| 8 | A fall off in world prices dampened the expectations of international creditor banks , which had hoped for a higher level of interest payments on Ecuador 's foreign debt ( estimated to be over US$12,000 million ) , as well as domestic hopes for increased social spending . |
| 9 | After forcing Gooch to eat his words by winning an England recall this summer and passing Geoff Boycott 's Test runs record , Gower had hoped for a late honeymoon in India . |
| 10 | He needed to compare his ledger 's statistics with the industry averages/norm , and he had hoped for a concentrated sample from their trade association , but no such luck . |
| 11 | Theoretically his presidency must end in 1852 , but it was already evident that the Prince hoped for a second term of office , to which end he began to organize a campaign to drum up sufficient popular support for this to become possible . |
| 12 | She could not have guessed how much she would enjoy herself with a stranger , how completely this woman was in sympathy with her , could not have hoped for a new friend to come out , at this stage in her life , and give her so much pleasure . |
| 13 | She had hoped for a new freedom , but had found a trap . |
| 14 | He had hoped for a critical reexamination of the field . |
| 15 | I 'd hoped for a little money , at the very most , a thousand . |
| 16 | Before the election many UN officials had privately hoped for a close result . |
| 17 | The inquiry had heard forensic details of each individual death but as Mark Smith reports the parents had hoped for a great deal more . |
| 18 | But Winnie , in all , though glad he was sick , that he had not jilted her , would have much preferred a broken leg — she had hoped for a broken leg — than the way he was , like those newsreel horrors : Hitler 's Jews , like something out of Belsen . |
| 19 | The affair had dominated relations between the two countries , and Rocard now hoped for a fresh start , although Bolger noted that they would have to " agree to differ " over French nuclear policy . |
| 20 | In 1960 EFTA still hoped for a multilateral solution , within the ambit of the OECD , to the economic differences between the two organisations . |
| 21 | Ireland had hoped for a three-day match but this was not possible . |
| 22 | The partisans too hoped for a quick end . |
| 23 | Nursing staff at the famous Beeson Ward had hoped for a last minute reprieve , but the Health Authority stuck by its decision to close down the only ward in the country where nurses , not doctors , have the responsibility for admitting and discharging patients . |
| 24 | When I was two my mother had bought me a number of premium bonds and ever since I had hoped for a little win . |
| 25 | He said that the council hoped for an amicable solution . |
| 26 | Even the Government President of Upper Bavaria felt compelled to admit that the relief about Hitler 's survival was not unanimous , but that ‘ part of the population would have welcomed the success of the assassination attempt in the first instance because they would have hoped for an earlier end to the war from it ’ . |