Example sentences of "[subord] hoping for " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1988 the majority in both these communities were moving back towards greater emphasis on Lebanese identity , albeit hoping for a new constitutional basis , and they increasingly viewed the Palestinian presence as an undesirable one . |
| 2 | Believers then follow the practice of the person who stubs his foot on a stone and looks upwards with the cry , ‘ Oh God ! ’ as if hoping for some sympathetic supernatural spectator to be looking down on what is happening . |
| 3 | Perhaps it was the way his eyes flicked about as if hoping for an attacker to appear , or maybe it was the slight inclination of his head . |
| 4 | Rainbow , looking towards my mirror as if hoping for some kind of guidance , is pulled backwards through the kitchen door . |
| 5 | Joanna looked at Isabel as if hoping for enlightenment . |
| 6 | I have been in touch with Jeanette ; she has found herself a job and seems to be settling down , while hoping for a visit from a certain young man ! |
| 7 | Consequently she 'd prepared for the worst while hoping for the best . |
| 8 | She paused , as though hoping for some kind of contradiction . |
| 9 | Cantril saw this young man as hoping for cosmic disaster to free him from worries . |