half-hoped

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Funny thing is that this is a stand that I never liked and half-hoped someone would steal.

Treestand Thefts 2009
He had half-hoped to see what was inside once the fire had eaten away the envelope, but at the last second he looked away.

Baby Games Chelsea White 2010
On one hand, he'd half-hoped they could find a previous reference, though how they could, out of contact with their own kind and EV's data banks, he didn't know.

Cattle Town 2010
Yet arriving back on his own soil he had half-hoped, unreasonably, for some hint of patriotic gratitude.

THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009
Yet arriving back on his own soil he had half-hoped, unreasonably, for some hint of patriotic gratitude.

THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009
Yet arriving back on his own soil he had half-hoped, unreasonably, for some hint of patriotic gratitude.

THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009
Yet arriving back on his own soil he had half-hoped, unreasonably, for some hint of patriotic gratitude.

THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009
He half-hoped Jessica would refuse him, but she only smiled and waved him along.

Her Fearful Symmetry AUDREY NIFFENEGGER 2009
Yet arriving back on his own soil he had half-hoped, unreasonably, for some hint of patriotic gratitude.

THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009
He half-hoped that he'd run into the woman again, but that was silly: she'd had her appointment the day before.

Free Time 2008