For the first time in days, Reed began to hope.

She began to hope the village had a place for her.

I was beginning to hope they'd wipe each other out.

Only then did I begin to hope we might yet escape.

After a couple of minutes he began to hope that she'd gone to bed.

You can't begin to hope to foul things up the way they can.

In another week, if no letter arrived, could I begin to hope?

Three or four hours would be sufficient, he began to hope.

People are beginning to hope we can do something different this time.

She could see he was, in spite of himself, beginning to hope again.