Examples of 'had been hoping' in a sentence
Meaning of "had been hoping"
This phrase indicates that someone had a certain expectation or desire for something to happen in the past. It suggests that the person held a particular aspiration or wish, but it did not materialize or come to fruition
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had been hoping
I had been hoping to find something like that.
Maybe some part of me had been hoping for this.
I had been hoping to avoid this case.
He realized that he had been hoping too much.
He had been hoping for this plum.
The big victory he had been hoping for.
We had been hoping for a real revolution.
Hardly the kind of changes we had been hoping for.
I had been hoping that you might be.
But not the one everyone had been hoping for.
I had been hoping for something a little more zen.
And could not remember who she had been hoping to see.
We had been hoping for some blues.
From the towns where they had been hoping to open.
I had been hoping fore more coral.
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Switzerland could not deny that it had been hoping for a stronger document.
He had been hoping for this news.
The name in black ink was not the one he had been hoping for.
I had been hoping for living relatives.
They were both very happy because what they had been hoping for had finally happened.
I had been hoping to hear from you regarding your situation.
This was exactly what Kolokotronis had been hoping for.
I had been hoping to persuade you.
This was what the English had been hoping for.
I had been hoping for so long.
This is exactly what Sam had been hoping for.
And had been hoping to see him perform some sign.
This was not the answer Bill had been hoping for.
I had been hoping to see lots more comments on this post.
The Scripture tells us that he had been hoping to see Jesus perform a miracle.
I had been hoping that my mom would change her mind.
A statement the likes of which Xander had been hoping to hear from.
We had been hoping and praying he would return home.
They told officials they were Syrian refugees who had been hoping to reach Italy.
We had been hoping that the vacation can continue.
But this new Earth is not the paradise that Amy had been hoping for.
I had been hoping to get out and get a pedicure.
Yes You Can is not the revival for which fans had been hoping for.
I had been hoping that you would be willing to make a similar settlement.
Everyone knows how much I had been hoping for and worked for this day to come.
I had been hoping for a while they would get picked up.
This gave me the inspiration I had been hoping for.
We had been hoping to have a baby for about a year prior to that.
It lacked the poetry that I had been hoping for.
Gaby had been hoping that she had more time.
Not the relaxing weekend I had been hoping for.
As they had been hoping some more than the voyeurs.
This was not the ride I had been hoping for.
We had been hoping for our own house for a long time now.
This was the day I had been hoping and praying for.
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Examples of using Hoping
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Still hoping this thing veers away
This is the battle you were hoping for
I was hoping you would come to get it back
