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Meanings of hoped better in English

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Usage of hoped better in English
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Bill was not disheartened, but said he hoped better, and began thus:-
Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare, Euseby Treen, Jo...
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Then McNeil said rather sadly, 'I'd hoped better of you, Grant.'
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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I had hoped better things from your study of Robert Hall.
The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 13
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I had hoped better things of him, assented Mr. Middleton.
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
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The next time it is hoped better luck will come.
The Secrets of the Great City / A Work Descriptive of the Virtue...
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I had hoped better of the machines once they got away on the Barrier Surface.'
The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Dis...
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Yet I had hoped better things of you, Patricia.
The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck: A Comedy of Limitations
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Ever indomitable and enterprising, Hyder Ali hoped better things of the new-comers; he was not deceived.
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6
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From Prince Alfred the Saxons hoped better things.
The Dragon and the Raven; Or, The Days of King Alfred
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My poor mother hoped better things from me.
Lucretia — Volume 01
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I had hoped better things of you, Hump.
The Sea-Wolf
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I had hoped better things of you, Carry.
Macleod of Dare
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Yet I had hoped better things of Jack.
The Gorilla Hunters
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I had hoped better things from her, if only because I bear her dead husband's name.
At Last: A Novel
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He had hoped better things of the man after the nasty shaking fortune had recently given him.
The Far Horizon
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We told him we hoped better things.
The Life of General Francis Marion
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