"I was just hoping for a little time before we had to leave."

"I would also hope for a time when there is slightly less competition," she said.

Does he hope for a time when people succeed on merit alone?

I had hoped for a time when we could discuss it in person.

I dreaded bringing it up, hoping for a long time that you would do so.

"I had hoped for a little more time," he said.

Bush hoped for a time that his slick television packaging could save him.

I hope I won't now for a long time.

He could not deny he had hoped for a little more time with her.

'Nor, I hope, for a very long time to come,' he said, his voice low so that the others did not hear.