Example Sentences

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He said retailers will have been hoping to maximise sales at Christmas time, and the strikes could make that harder.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2022

For many retail and hospitality firms, this is their main money-making period of the year, and they will have been hoping for a return to normality.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2022

With the rain correctly forecast for the afternoon, England will have been hoping to get more out of the morning than they managed.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2013