Sentence examples similar to I initially hope from inspiring English sources

I initially hoped that voluntary experience in my local community-run shop would have been sufficient, but I have quickly discovered that this is not the case.

I initially hoped that learning Linux would help me spring into some kind of "real" UNIX job.

While I initially hoped that I might be able to recycle exams and quizzes used with the second edition, I found that the grammatical content and featured vocabulary of each lesson had changed just enough that I had to completely rework all of my assessment materials.

The decision to bring about uniform social standards in European road transport is, in general terms, the right one to take, but, when I consider the improvements I initially hoped to see to the conditions of lorry drivers, this result really does bring us down to earth.

It was at that moment that I realized for the very first time, that perhaps I did not have as much control as I had initially hoped!

"It's actually substantially more than I'd initially hoped for".

I was initially hoping to avoid past tenses ending in -ed, since they struck me as less elegant than ones like SHOT or PUT, but the crossword Muse (Erato, of course!) gave me what you see.

"And while some of the last-minute wedding tasks may not get completed, or may not end up being as 'perfect' as I had initially hoped, knowing those closest to me are O.K. (or eventually will be O.K). and seeing them surrounding us on our special day, is all of a sudden the only thing that matters in this experience".

This Vuze solution just doesn't work as well as I'd initially hoped.

BATS initially hoped to start trading in its shares again.

Ms. Buggs had initially hoped that a trial would lead to publicity about PPA.