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Example sentences for "hoped that"

  • He hoped that Mr. Belcher would not be in a hurry, or take any step that he would ultimately regret.

  • He hoped that Mr. Belcher was done with him, for he saw that his brutal will was the greatest obstacle to his reform.

  • He hoped that, in some way, life would be pleasanter and more successful to the lad than it had been to him.

  • All I could say was that I hoped that I was wrong and he was right, as, whichever was the case, there was nothing we could do till the weather moderated.

  • We hoped that we were in some bay where we could bring up and ride out the gale; but it was too dark for us to distinguish our position.

  • As he was about to shift the sails the wind lulled a little, and once more he hoped that he should be able to hold on his course.

  • The raft was, however, so large that we could not attempt to launch it, but we hoped that it would float when the brig sank under us.

  • I knew that there were honest people as well as rogues in the world, but I had often met with honest ones, so I hoped that I had now fallen among such.

  • For I hoped that if I entered any one of the twelve halls at the right moment, that would as it were give me the right of entrance to all the others, seeing they all had communication behind.

  • And the more he did for her, the more he loved her; and he hoped that, although she never appeared to see him, yet she was pleased to think that one unknown would give his life to her.

  • It is to be hoped that in the final account the extenuating influence of ignorance may weigh heavily in the scale of justice against the damning testimony of these "unconsidered murders.

  • His father's letter intimated that the son had been a source of grief to him, but he hoped that he had repented of his prodigal course, and was really determined to reform.

  • Now that Queen Anne is on the throne, and the Tories are in power, we hoped that you, at least, would ere long be permitted to return.

  • The king himself was with this wing, with his bodyguard, and he hoped that here he might meet the czar commanding in person.

  • He hoped that, with their help, the army of Marshal Noailles would be able to take Barcelona, to subdue the whole of Catalonia, and to compel Spain to sue for peace.

  • It might well be hoped that we should be able to defend our soil even against such a general and such an army as had won the battle of Landen.

  • I hoped that by some happy turn of fortune--perhaps through Twonette's help--Max might be brought to meet Mary of Burgundy.

  • It is hoped that he will realise that it would be a breach of etiquette to get assassinated before the Allies have decided what is to be done with him.

  • I hoped that my nurse or McMeekin had arrived and would insist on my being left in peace.

  • I hoped that my mother would have told me the story voluntarily.

  • I hoped that she'd have been more ready to forgive and forget.

  • His plan seemed the best that could be adopted, and I hoped that it might succeed.

  • Partly hid as I was by the roof and railings of the bridge, I hoped that I had not been seen.

  • There was a scowl on his brow, and a peculiar wrinkle about his lips, which made me feel that I for one would not trust him; and I hoped that my friend would not be induced to do so either.

  • As we were on foot, we hoped that we should not be perceived until close upon the enemy; we should then have a good chance of escaping.

  • But something might turn up; and it was devoutly to be hoped that Dr Tempest would take a long time over his inquiry.

  • But in a certain way he did know what was wanted; and now, as he started for Florence, intending to stop nowhere till he reached that city, he hoped that by this chivalrous journey he might even yet achieve the thing necessary.

  • Indeed your saying that is a nuisance to me, because I hoped that by this time you would have understood that I regard you as a friend, and that I think nothing any trouble that I do for a friend.

  • I knew that Uncle Max would meet me at the station and look after my luggage, so I should have no trouble, and I hoped that I should wake up among my neighbours the next morning before they knew of my arrival.

  • He told me one day that he would be glad for you to be intimate with his sisters, as they would only learn good from you, and that he hoped that I would encourage your visits.

  • It contributed greatly to restore my strength; and, judging by the progress I was making, I hoped that we should be able shortly to resume our journey.

  • I hoped that in the mean time we should meet with neither elephants nor lions.

  • The poor brute was now overloaded, but as we had not far to go, I hoped that it would be able to carry its burden that short distance.

  • Especially when the ceremony was finished I hoped that we should hear Mendelssohn's March.

  • But, although the bear was addressed in terms of tenderest endearment and although we hoped that he would obey his master and do honor to the occasion, he did nothing of the kind.

  • The animal I had shot kicked his last as they disappeared in the gloom of the night, and I hoped that I was rid of them.

  • This enabled Stanley to spring up after us; and the hill being very steep, with rolling stones, we hoped that we were there safe from the attacks of the now infuriated beast.

  • I proposed the following day to begin circling round more directly for them, as I hoped that we had now gone far enough south to avoid the village against which the chief and his son had warned us.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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