| Not that I was hoping to get a five hundred quid bike off the insurance or anything, you understand. |
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| Well, I am hoping to convince you that they passed far beyond the normal limits of statutory construction, the changing of the meaning of. |
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| She said she was hoping that whatever work was thought necessary would qualify for a grant from the Government sponsored Anti-Crime partnership. |
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| You nod absent-mindedly, hoping she will go pester someone else so you can sample the hors d' oeuvres in peace. |
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| The new government made it the language of administration and education, hoping that it would replace Flemish, Walloon, and German dialects. |
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| Yes, and I'm hoping that if the academy has a nomination for the best walk-on, I hope that I'll qualify. |
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| A reformed heroin addict turned property developer is hoping to film part of his life story in Swindon. |
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| Detectives from Scotland Yard's art and antiques squad are hoping to return the possessions to their rightful owners. |
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| So, instead of going around with our eyes shut hoping the problem will go away why don't we all wake up to what's going on around us. |
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| More so than any lure or rod and reel, or even watertight waders, the greatest ally of any angler hoping to catch a huge trout is patience. |
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| We were hoping that it would actually contain shot and a wad and other materials which occasionally happens. |
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| The North Carolina senator is hoping to ride the momentum of his Iowa performance to a very strong showing here in New Hampshire and beyond. |
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| Organizations hoping to discredit him claim he manipulates facts and stretches artistic license. |
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| Taking a deep breath and hoping that he wasn't a light sleeper, she knocked on his door. |
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| People flash coy looks at one another, hoping that they won't be asked to make the first move and speak about what they make of it all. |
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| There's no explanation there for what it is, though, and I was hoping it might turn out to be a short film, a feature film, even. |
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| Most pickpockets are cautious thieves hoping to avoid any kind of confrontation. |
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| We've been working on the areas that have been letting us down and I'm hoping that as the weeks go by we get better and better. |
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| The revamp has freed up redundant space and we are hoping there will be even more sessions as a result. |
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| The 300 tickets available for the event sold out weeks ago and there is a long waiting list of people hoping for returns. |
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| I left the table, and retreated to a quiet spot on the stairs beside Smokey, hoping not to be found for the rest of the day. |
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| More than 300 words and phrases are being examined, with OED researchers hoping to antedate them or postdate them. |
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| There was desperate silence, as if David was hoping that if he waited long enough, the question would be retracted. |
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| Fundraisers are hoping a grant from the Landfill Tax Credit will be the answer to their prayers. |
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| He's hoping the Communists will eventually play a part in some sort of broad left wing coalition government. |
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| Tell her he didn't wait in the alley behind restaurants hoping for a scrap of leftovers. |
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| He blew a kiss goodbye to his home for many months, hoping to retain many of the memories that had been created there. |
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| We are hoping that he will be happier at Cheltenham with its left-handed track and a bigger hill. |
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| Francisco was hoping to resurvey some of the more complex areas of the cave and check that everything had been thoroughly explored. |
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| The older boy squatted down on his heels and waited for his guest to resurface, hoping that the water would cool off his anger. |
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| Small papers across the country are teeming with ambitious young reporters hoping one day to make the leap to major dailies. |
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| Sophie leant her elbows on her knees and cradled her chin in her hands, praying, hoping and wishing for anything to come and make things easier. |
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| This is a daunting prospect but Otley will be hoping to retain their fourth position in the league table. |
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| His barrister said he had resigned from the school where he was teaching and was now hoping to retrain as a florist. |
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| A Shipston dad is hoping to build up support for a mercy mission to a tsunami-hit Sri Lankan village. |
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| As I zeroed the rifle at 100 yards, I was hoping for groups of less than 3 inches. |
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| Media reports have suggested Vivendi was unhappy with the general level of offers and was hoping to push the bidders higher. |
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| Police are hoping people will take advantage of the amnesty to hand over weapons at stations before the penalties are made law. |
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| I'm hoping that it will be benign as the last thing she needs is more radiotherapy. |
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| By 2008, I'm hoping that their contribution to the household economy will have been to renounce reading and take up computer games, instead. |
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| Because of this, he says the Department is hoping to ensure a system amenable to academic researchers. |
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| It's an ambitious feat, but he's hoping it will help him get over his recent divorce. |
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| We will take the time available, looking at the red and green lights and hoping for amber. |
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| He had been hoping to be named the new ambassador to Singapore, or perhaps South Korea. |
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| I was hoping to get a pair of green avadavats but the shop didn't have them anymore. |
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| More than 120 blocks were sold that day, mostly to land agents who would later re-sell them hoping to make a good profit. |
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| Richard and Sarah moved to Tuscany planning to grow their own vegetables and live off the land, hoping to harvest olives to make olive oil. |
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| Angel turned on her radio and switched to an alternate frequency reserved for emergencies, hoping she'd be able to contact Quinton. |
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| Then he relighted the fire and made the soup, hoping every moment to see the old man come in. |
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| Firefighters in Bingley are hoping to wash hundreds of vehicles to raise funds to help the tsunami disaster relief effort. |
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| For example, they'll buy a stock after-hours when a positive earnings report is released, hoping for a gap up on the following trading day. |
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| She paused near the ticket booth, hoping the next ferry would be along soon. |
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| The Tigers are also hoping for a 20,000-plus crowd for their first home game since January 17, having made the match all-ticket for away fans. |
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| Here's wishing you all the best over this difficult period, and hoping you will be back to full steam in no time! |
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| There was a thunder storm here this morning, and I was hoping that the rain might lay the pollen and dust a bit. |
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| All thirty of them huddled by the fire, hoping to be shielded from the wicked wind. |
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| Janelle laughed as Shane and Tristan rehashed old tour memories, hoping she at least looked like she was paying attention. |
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| For those old Labourites who are hoping he will adopt Liberal Democrat Foreign Policy, they are likely to be sorely disappointed. |
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| University of California regents repeal their ban on affirmative action, hoping to send a welcoming message to minority students. |
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| Muslims in Afghanistan aligned with the Northern Alliance were hoping for a particular parliamentary system. |
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| Irish musicians are hoping their plea to stop US military aircraft refuelling at Shannon will strike the right chord with the Government. |
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| The Environment Agency is hoping to be able to issue flood alerts for all major watercourses in the future. |
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| Not only are investors trying to sell what they own, they're hoping to wriggle out of what they still owe. |
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| He has bred 300,000 of the four legged creatures and is hoping they will eat enough of the wretched insects to mark an improvement. |
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| I refrained from refilling the upstairs bowl for three days, hoping that night starvation would do the job. |
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| And we have 100,000 demonstrators out there, so we are hoping for the absolute worst. |
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| Mrs Mitchell said that they are hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. |
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| He said he and two friends sailing a yacht had stopped at a bay on the island of Rinja, not far from Bali, hoping to see some Komodo dragons. |
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| Oliver is hoping to climb his way into the history books by planting a flag at the summit of the world's tallest mountain. |
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| And he revealed the emergency services were hoping to hold an event on Skipton High Street to re-emphasise the road safety message. |
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| Frantically, he reeled it in, hoping to snare the fish that had just tugged on it. |
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| She went ahead, though, hoping people would remember her work ethic and integrity. |
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| A former Surbiton resident is hoping to fulfil her mother's dying wish by finding her long-lost brother. |
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| I'd been hoping there might be a knothole on the inside wall that would give me a view down over the classroom. |
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| Last year the knitters made 465 hats and 116 pairs of mittens, but they were hoping to exceed that total this year. |
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| Not wanting to go down without a fight, he continued to claw his way forward, continually hoping that he was heading the right direction. |
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| The group behind the venture are hoping that it will be renewed at the end of the current term. |
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| A recovery vehicle drove the car back to Huddersfield and the couple are hoping to make a donation to the fire service as a way of thanks. |
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| Sophia runs away with her maid of honour, hoping to find her kinswoman Lady Bellaston in London. |
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| It's kind of what I was hoping for, it's why I witch the narrator so you can see how each character thinks and feels and stuff. |
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| I said in a wishful small voice hoping she'll forgive me and save me the humiliation by just pointing to my desk. |
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| This week Ali is shopping the song around to Alberta radio stations hoping it will hit the airwaves. |
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| Dave works as a cabin crew air steward, but is hoping for a career as a commercial airline pilot. |
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| Youth leaders are hoping to get more equipment including an air hockey table. |
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| In some cases, entire families headed off, picnic in tow, hoping that the rain would hold off. |
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| They are only holding thumbs hoping that things will improve, rather sooner than later. |
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| The Green Party, hoping to pick up a few extra seats in the Super Thursday elections on June 10, have spent this week rebranding themselves. |
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| Yet anyone in Jersey hoping that an economic rebound will provide fuel for yet more spending is kidding himself. |
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| I was hoping to slow it down a bit but I wasn't thinking straight because I was just winded from all the activity. |
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| Their support play was so weak that players kicked the ball aimlessly into space, hoping for a green and red jersey to pick it up. |
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| I think I've been reasonably successful with different teams all along so I'd be hoping to put my own stamp on it. |
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| We are hoping that the woodland, once it is established, will attract new wildlife to the area. |
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| I was hoping that there might be something in there that would key me into the problem. |
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| Presumably he's hoping to let the island monkeys run wild, grow a fanbase around him and then start charging them for his signature too. |
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| I give it a regretful look, hoping it won't be my last and turn to head back inside. |
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| I put a kettle of water on the stove with the intention of making tea, hoping that it would lighten the situation. |
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| He went in for the competition last year and he was hoping to win it this time. |
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| We have kept hoping for as long as we could, but we have to accept Margaret has probably gone and at last her suffering has ended. |
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| And here I was hoping to keep you company in this huge lonely palace, but you already have someone to entertain you. |
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| So in order to keep his hand in at the game, he is hoping to practice at Kilkenny. |
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| While she may be reaching for the stars, Jacinta has her feet firmly planted on the ground and is hoping for a good result. |
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| He reaches for the phone and dials Caroline, hoping she'll give him a lift but she's had a hard day with the kids. |
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| Foxes carry away such fatalities and are often seen in the lambing fields hoping to scavenge afterbirth. |
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| The greedy geese drove off the ducks and chased after pensioners, hoping for a feed. |
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| Frustrated residents are hoping to put the brakes on motorists treating their road as a rat run. |
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| He said he waited four months hoping that it could be given an affirmative vote by the House. |
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| Affiliate marketing can be a win-win proposition for online retailers and for Web sites hoping to capitalize on their traffic. |
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| I was rather hoping that cycling that afternoon would be abandoned because of the wind. |
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| I rather think he was hoping to be able to foil their wicked searches with cunning legal hacks and so on. |
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| I have to admit, I was rather hoping he'd stumble on for a few more weeks and take the ID cards down with him. |
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| We get the impression that he was rather hoping to have something already in place by this stage in the game. |
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| Mrs Foster said that although it was scary at first, she was rather hoping some of the pairs might fit. |
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| Considering the length of his name, I was rather hoping he would have a quiet evening at the office. |
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| But hoping that the breakthroughs of tomorrow will wash away the problems of today is just whistling in the wind. |
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| There was a light at the back of the building and she rapped on the glass hoping someone would hear. |
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| They charged the enemy then retreated, hoping the enemy would break ranks and pursue them into a well-coordinated trap. |
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| We are hoping that she will marry well, to a man with security for her and with connections and family and status and even social rank. |
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| Neighbours and friends will be wishing him the best and hoping that he will get a chance to spin the wheel for the top prize. |
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| The move to Vincent Park was at an advanced stage and we went ahead, hoping that the licence would be a formality. |
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| It's going to be exciting for all of us and we will be hoping for a good points finish as just reward. |
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| A handful of shivering Albanians are fished out of the Adriatic, distressed beyond belief, hoping desperately for signs of missing relatives. |
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| Karen has already interviewed about 40 adoptees but is hoping to speak to more before holding a seminar in November. |
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| The adolescents that applied to the school were hoping to mimic Trevi's rise to fame. |
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| He took a couple steps forward and thrust out with his sword, hoping to intimidate them or scare them away. |
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| The Soules are hoping Lydia comes to admire the garden for herself this weekend. |
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| He was talking really fast, jumping from one subject to the next, probably hoping that he would not have to listen to what I had to say. |
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| From admin staff to mechanics, Mr Arnold is hoping to find people with a love of the sport. |
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| Dear Husband, I write these few lines hoping to find you well as it leaves us at present. |
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| You go into the European Cup hoping to get challenges like we are going to get on Wednesday. |
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| I'm in work now, possibly still a bit tipsy, and hoping that no-one asks me to do any of your actual work. |
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| She's hoping that political activism will come out of the living rooms and into the streets. |
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| Young filmmakers hoping to make it in the movies are showcasing their work next week. |
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| I can remember as a child going to the old town park hoping to find one of the swings in action. |
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| I'm hoping that Mark will put up a web page with his instructions on how to make the antenna. |
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| The previous year had worn me down, and I was hoping that 2004 would be a lot calmer. |
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| Me, I'm just hoping that everything keeps on going my way and that I don't lose any more money than I have already lost. |
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| I roll over, snuggling deeper into the warm quilts, hoping to slip back into sleep. |
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| The Replay queue unloading controller releases the commands for both queues hoping that they will be executed successfully. |
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| She wiped her face with a cool washcloth, hoping that this illness would not last long. |
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| I don't smoke, however, so I'm hoping nibbling on expensive dark chocolates will be an acceptable substitute. |
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| I suppose I am hoping you will say that yes, you had some trouble with your memory but it's all just jake now and not to worry. |
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| He wrote in the Times of the danger of hoping that his warnings came true so that it might vindicate his position. |
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| Whether he was hoping for a literal metaphor that expressed very clearly how he had lost his shirt, I cannot say. |
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| Now the former England Under-21 is hoping his goal and City's triumph will mark an overdue lift-off for both himself and the club. |
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| Jack made a hard cut to Clarence's left flank, hoping he would pick it up in quarte, and make his riposte to Jack's fore arm. |
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| Silently reproaching herself, Jessica edged closer towards the girl and softly stroked her hair, hoping the gesture would calm the other girl and not upset her more. |
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| He was hoping for an ambsace to split at the tables. |
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| We were hoping for a quick settlement of the dispute between the neighbors. |
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| He'll even admit that he's hoping to ally himself to a wealthy family by marriage. |
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| If you're hoping to hear from him soon, forget it, it's not going to happen. |
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| I was hoping that they would serve us something more substantial than wine and cheese. |
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| We're trying to raise money for a new school, and we're hoping that everyone will contribute. |
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| He said Jacobovici and Wilson were simply the latest in a long line of people hoping to find further Biblical insight. |
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| Naturally, Republicans are hoping that this represents the end of a short-lived Democratic ascendancy. |
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| Anyone hoping to learn what bastille Day is all about would do well to start here. |
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| The story begins as Hurt is released from prison, hoping to reconcile with his ex-wife, played by Bello. |
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| On busier roads, elderly, scarved women sat by piles of potatoes and onions hoping forlornly for a sale. |
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| The Chinese are just hoping to deflect international pressure ahead of the G-20 and buy time for their exporters. |
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| So she quits, and takes shelter in the northern Scotland woods, hoping to be left alone. |
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| A Republican candidate hoping to win red state support could find a worse team to root for than one from Dallas. |
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| The oldest of the captive sisters was pretending to be the mother of the youngest girl, hoping they would be kept together. |
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| Going forward, Republicans are hoping they can use the continuation of sequestration as leverage in future budget showdowns. |
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| And while some have preferred to opt for the waiting game, there are those who are hoping that they will benefit from the absence of the big players. |
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| But with the prospect of walking the plank looming large, Marie is hoping to get the support of the county behind her and particularly the support of her own age group. |
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| The problem is that he's not actually saying anything, just repeating things that he's heard on various warblogs and hoping that everyone will just see the truth therein. |
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| I was just hoping for no wardrobe malfunction if you know what I'm saying. |
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| He left home in 1867 hoping to join a cattle drive going north. |
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| I'd hear a bird, follow the sound until I could see it, then flip feverishly through the field guide hoping to find a picture that would put a name to my quarry. |
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| We don't want that to happen this time, and we are hoping that the other parties would accede to our request for an early start and see how best it can be settled. |
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| She prefers her other suitor, George Neville, but when Griffith loses his inheritance for her sake she accepts him, hoping for a contented marriage without undue submission. |
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| I was hoping to die so that all my guilt would be washed away. |
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| I moved my queen to mid-board, hoping to establish an offensive. |
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| He quests for a trophy to call his own, hoping the Kartoon King ice cream contest might gain him the conspicuous congratulations he so desperately requires. |
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| Come on, this incident was broadcast well after the watershed and I cannot believe that anyone who watched the show wasn't either expecting or hoping for some confrontation. |
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| Investing on the stock market, like betting on the horses or hoping the turn of the cards will go your way in the casino, is always something of a gamble. |
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| I chose instead to fish the lee shore, hoping for a picture fish. |
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| The graduates are now hoping to land jobs with designer or High Street companies after their range of cutting-edge clothing won praise for its creativity and wearability. |
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| My Co came over to introduce me to someone who is hoping to beCome a Corporate client and went in for a hug. |
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| And no squid is safe from the Seattle squid jiggers who flock to the docks at dusk and stay into the wee hours of the night, hoping to catch a few. |
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| They aren't eager young design students hoping to score someone's extra invitation or sneak in on a kindly editor's coattails. |
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| You know, you joke about things like hoping you aren't last. |
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| What image are you hoping people who pick up this book and read it, come away with? |
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| He was hoping to sort out his life and put his crimes behind him. |
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| They will be hoping to get their league campaign back on the rails in their next match and it will be back to the training ground for some fine tuning in the interim. |
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| It was only the second rainout of the year, but Geoff Parker and Eddie Martin still arrived hoping for a clearing of the skies, but they had to settle for a morning of tea. |
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| I think at the time they probably salvaged the shell that was on board and they were hoping to perhaps raise the vessel and restore it and get it going again. |
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| Veronica, who lives in Watchfield, is hoping to organise a concert called Carnival Messiah, which is based on Handel's Messiah but with West Indian rhythms. |
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| From our seats in the bleachers, we stared west, hoping that another kaleidoscopic Florida sunset would add symbolic luster to this most American rite of passage. |
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| It hasn't snowed yet, but I'm always hoping for a white Christmas. |
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| He was hoping to make some kind of impression on his audience. |
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| With the Test series fast approaching, Fleming will be hoping for similar hands from the rest of his batsmen to prevent yet another whitewash at the hands of Pakistan. |
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| I kept to myself for most of the morning, hoping to avoid everyone else. |
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| If Labour is hoping for a nice, tidy Scottish campaign, where everybody keeps to non-devolved issues and avoids the Scottish dimension, it could be in for a surprise. |
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| We have already got some wholesale orders and are hoping to get more soon. |
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| Gloria entered Artie's office clutching her wounded arm, hoping it would buy her a little sympathy before he reamed her for her disappearance earlier that day. |
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| Tracey and Steve were hoping that couples therapy would help them move on in a direction that was mutually agreeable and satisfying to both of them. |
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| I'm hoping to get an explanation or a reason for my not being involved. |
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| He aimed a brutal blow towards the man's face, hoping to break his nose. |
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| I smoothed a rebellious hair into place and turned to walk out of my room, desperately hoping that the dinner I was about to go to was a pleasant one. |
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| Then she leaves the bag on the window sill, visible to the squirrels, taunting them, hoping one of them will take a leap and brain themselves on the glass. |
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| She kept saying that the reason she fell was because she was looking up, hoping to catch sight of my wide-brimmed straw hat, with the scarf streaming from it. |
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| In conjunction with the West Wales Eco Centre, Keith Knight is hoping to supply the electricity from his wind turbine to local people at a cheap rate. |
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| Harry, met about 25 wounded soldiers hoping to compete in the wheelchair rugby, cycling and indoor rowing events. |
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| It's called winging it and hoping everything comes out okay in the end. |
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| Re-Connect, a council-run service, assists youngsters in danger of becoming homeless as well as those in temporary accommodation hoping to be reconciled with their families. |
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| The FDA is hoping to remedy the dearth of knowledge with a plea aimed at influential drugmakers. |
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| To combat this, they are hoping to recruit dentists to do only NHS work. |
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| Last time I was teaching them however, I was clawing at the door by about two o'clock hoping that someone would walk past so I could grab them and run away. |
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| After the knock suffered by the industry last year because of the Foot and Mouth crisis, tourism operators were hoping for rather better luck this year. |
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| Mrs Dobson said the task of the trust has become more difficult over the years as property prices escalated and they had to compete with developers hoping to make fat profits. |
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| Needless to say, Democrats are hoping to use the issue to motivate their base. |
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| But officials are hoping that the worst of this new flooding is over. |
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| And an overzealous medical professional, hoping to safeguard against malpractice, can also be a cause of unneeded procedure. |
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| They were headed farther down, several levels below the room they'd been in the day before, hoping to find more than empty rooms and bare alcoves. |
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| In the meantime, Gonzalez is hoping to break down the mystique of the Ward One aldermanship by organizing focus groups of students with similar concerns. |
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| It is typical of Keegan not to wish to alienate people who are hoping to arrange an ecologically sound disposal of their mortal remains upon their own flowerbeds. |
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| Four candidates for U.S. Senate walked into a Sarasota, Florida, hotel this week, each hoping to make his case for election. |
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| They are hoping the work will be completed today and that it will give them the registration number of the car driven by the killers, as well as other important evidence. |
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| Schubert is hoping to expand the project statewide and hire a full-time investigator. |
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| I mean, most people on here are literally openly hoping for the leaks to continue and expand in scope and scale. |
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| But residents are hoping there will be a complete overhaul of the building, including reinstating the first floor, which was removed during Victorian times. |
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| Rather than scurrying for cover like so many, she rushed to Malcolm, hoping to comfort him, hoping she could help him survive. |
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| It is the season for lambing and sheep owners in the area are very worried as there have been a few small incidents already and they are hoping this will not happen again. |
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| Naturally, being hopped up like jackrabbits at Easter, these desperate dudes go seeking the sexy savages, hoping to finally know the touch of a woman, primitive or not. |
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| Chippenham Town are currently 16th in the premier division of the Dr Martens League and are hoping to sustain their playoff push over their five remaining games of the season. |
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| Smith's obsession with an uncomfortable, discordant childhood compels her to replay the scenes of trauma over and over again, hoping each time for a different ending. |
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| Kyle listened a moment longer, hoping the laugher would speak. |
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| Competition for anchor stores in shopping centres remains robust with Dunnes, Superquinn, Marks and Spencers and Tesco all hoping to expand their presence. |
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| As for the drivetrain I'm hoping the current gearbox with its supposedly stronger layshafts will hold up okay, along with a supposedly stronger salisbury rear axle. |
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| Here's hoping this guy's business goes over like a lead balloon. |
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| They constantly move him from place to place, hoping to elude any U.S. efforts to find him, Hanif says. |
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| Roughly seven weeks ago the City of New York released four bald eagles in a park at the northern tip of Manhattan, hoping to re-establish the bird as a local resident. |
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| Just as Gregorian chants took the charts by storm in the 1990s, the producer of a new CD of Gaelic psalm singing is hoping to touch the public's heart. |
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| However skeptical of their new president, peace is exactly what many Mexicans are hoping will ensue. |
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| Calynna pressed down on Blaise's chest, hoping to resuscitate him. |
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| Lancashire are hoping that the 23 years-old leg-spinner and left-handed batsman can make an impact this season after a winter spell with the England Academy. |
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| James II flung the great seal into the Thames when he fled in 1688, hoping to bring government to a standstill, but it was retrieved by a fisherman. |
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| Dave reveled in the situation and said it was just what he was hoping for. |
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| I stayed longer in Hong Kong than Glenn and ewen, and was hoping to film Snowden one more time where he was hiding out. |
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| I was hoping for a revitalization of the independent exploitation scene. |
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| He was hoping that the R5000 reward being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those involved in the killings will bring witnesses forward. |
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| Devastated, she climbed with feral intensity, hoping the baby might spontaneously abort. |
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| Traders were hoping that Wednesday's US petroleum inventories report would suggest how badly the young Atlantic hurricane season had hurt production at offshore rigs. |
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| On April 20, 1534, Cartier set sail under a commission from the king, hoping to discover a western passage to the wealthy markets of Asia. |
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| During the eighties, a number of major museums, including the Modern, had expanded, hoping to cash in on a boom in museumgoing. |
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| On 29 January, he took a ship bound for Ceylon, hoping that he would be able to finish his novel. |
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| Stalin also sought continued peace with Britain and the United States, hoping to focus on internal reconstruction and economic growth. |
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| Each morning you get in the roller coaster car, strap yourself in, and hold on for dear life hoping you won't throw up or pass out. |
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| I kept buying hoping the price would go up, but I eventually decided I was fighting the tape. |
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| We've already got several in the running for this month's awards and are hoping they bring yet more honor and glory to Michael Jackson fandumb. |
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| Disraeli regretted this, hoping for an opportunity, however brief, to show himself capable in office. |
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| Some were hoping for apotheosis at Jerusalem, or forgiveness from God for all their sins. |
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| When you see it, you'll know why I'll be hoping for it to swing the odds in my favour. |
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| Revenge is a dish best served cold and I'm hoping they are left eating ice cream on Saturday evening as comfort food. |
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| On 6 September 2008, Khan was a huge favourite and was hoping to win a world title by the end of the year. |
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| They are hoping to equalize pay for workers with similar jobs. |
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| It was a halfhearted attempt to get him to stop, because truly, I was hoping the dog would do the dogly thing and chew up the Frisbee. |
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| Here's hoping they get married and spend their days swimming in the sun, merkids in tow. |
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| He telephoned Duff Cooper, the Minister of Information under Winston Churchill, hoping to get a position in Cooper's department. |
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| But the big-serving lefthander will be hoping to draw a fellow leftie in the first round at the All England Club in a week's time. |
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| The new owl is an eagle owl which are larger than barn Owls but the family are still hoping for positive news regarding their missing bird. |
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| A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution. |
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| For those of us who've had enough of whips, handcuffs and submissive heroines, here's hoping that Bridget is still 50 shades of scatty. |
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| Adolph tried to steer his son away from composition, hoping that he would have a career as a pianist. |
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| Instructors are hoping that he won't go off and train with some other teacher of a McDojo where producing masses of black belts is the norm. |
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| Like an airbag, you purchase them hoping that you never have to use them, but if the big crash comes, they may save your life. |
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| I can't stop playing album track Let's Have A Kiki and the singer is hoping to organise an exciting remix version of the future disco classic. |
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| So any rich Hamptonites hoping to bulk-buy for a brunch, forget it. |
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| Each episode follows the progress of two different learners hoping to finally lose the L-plates. |
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| I'm hoping to interest somebody locally to brew Wrexham lager in Wrexham again as a microbrewery, but hopefully it will grow up. |
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| Luckily, we are just base jumpers but I am hoping they increase security for the rest of the World Cup. |
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| Although many of the plans she is working on for WYD have yet to be finalized, there are a number of things she is hoping to be able to set up. |
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| The Lib Dem contender hoping to accomplish a bit of pre-emptive decapitation is Andrew Crawford. |
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| I was hoping that, by volunteering at this refuge, I could make a difference, however small. |
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| I was low-hearted in my ways, and she was hoping in hers, like her father was. |
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| But Pragnell is hoping casa Bruja will sidestep the trend's downturn. |
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| Following world-wide critical acclaim, their new production Yin Yang is hoping to be their best yet. |
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| Five bus drivers are hoping to emulate their film heroes when they whip off their clothes Full Monty style to an audience of millions. |
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| Priestley declined their entreaties, hoping to avoid political discord in his new country. |
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| I am in Oktoberfest mood as I am hoping to sink a few Weiss beer specials down the IFSC a little later tonight. |
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| The BSPCA is also hoping to introduce a dog warden system, similar to those used in other countries. |
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| Thomson replied on the 27th, revealing that he was planning his own experiments and hoping for a reconciliation of their two views. |
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| A book about Peru, where I'm hoping to go travelling in the summer, and a bottle of Rescue Remedy, a Bach flower remedy vital for exam nerves. |
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| A WARWICKSHIRE artist is hoping a giant Battenberg cake made of bricks will be a tasty treat for London's Trafalgar Square. |
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| We sailed landwards, hoping to gain the shelter of the cove before the storm hit. |
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| However he decided to extend his wage restraint policy for another year hoping that the economy would be in a better shape for a 1979 election. |
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| After he transitioned, he changed jobs so he could go stealth, hoping that no one would discover he was once a woman. |
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| When she spoke, it was with the mildness of a cushat dove addressing another cushat dove from whom it was hoping to borrow money. |
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| I'm not going to swing for the fences tomorrow, but I'm hoping my speech will be warmly received. |
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| I opened a bag of cheetos, hoping it would work its usual magic. |
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| I sucked in my belly, hoping to hide the extra weight I had put on over the holidays. |
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| Also at Warwick, John Tuck is hoping for a good show from Rio's King in the Questor International Novices' Trial Hurdle. |
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| Any churchgoer hoping for more spiritual sustenance went hungry. |
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| I dumped my ex wife's PT Cruiser in the ghetto, hoping a spontaneous strip party would scrap that ugly car down to the wheels overnight. |
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| He immediately went on the offensive, hoping to defeat the forces of Piedmont before their Austrian allies could intervene. |
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| She's probably sitting there hoping a couple of strange detectives will drop in. |
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| Southampton had been hoping to get back to winning ways to prove to their critics there was substance to their sterling start to the season. |
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| This was not received well by the King's ministers, and Necker, hoping to bolster his position, argued to be made a minister. |
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| Former Britpop star Tim, who used to be in band Jocasta, later said he is hoping to hit the charts with a love song about Jessie. |
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| He drank plenty of orange juice, hoping to stave off the cold making the rounds at the office. |
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