had been hoping

Past perfect progressiveconjugation ofhope.There are other translations for this conjugation.

hope

It is not the result I had been hoping for today, but there is one final day to go and we will give it everything, as always, on the last day.	No es el resultado que pensaba para hoy, pero falta un último día y vamos a darlo todo, como siempre, en la última jornada.
And when there were too many people to arrest, they would wave the train on through so that people who had been hoping and saving and praying for the chance to get to freedom had to figure out: How now will we get out?	Y cuando había muchos por detener, dejaban salir al tren y la gente que anhelaba y había ahorrado y rezado por tener la oportunidad de obtener la libertad tenía que pensar: ¿Cómo voy a lograr escaparme?
To be honest, I had been hoping this day would not come.	Para ser honestos, había estado esperando que este día no llegara.
He had been hoping that the gift would be an Irish Mail.	Él había estado esperando que el regalo sería un correo de Irlanda.
Evidently, some had been hoping for some kind of European superman.	Evidentemente, hay quien esperaba una especie de Superman europeo.
Loren was their third son, they had been hoping for a girl.	Loren era el tercer hijo varón y ellos estaban esperando una niña.
I had been hoping for a couple more.	Había estado esperando un par más.
Zapatero fell short of the absolute majority that he had been hoping for.	Zapatero no ha conseguido la mayoría absoluta que esperaba.
I had been hoping to hear from you regarding your situation.	Esperaba saber de su situación.
At the end of this session, one person summed up what I had been hoping to convey.	Al final de esta sesión, una persona resumió lo que yo estaba esperando expresar.
According to The Sun newspaper, Mark had been hoping for results such as the ones his wife discovered.	Según el diario The Sun, Mark había estado esperando resultados como los que su esposa descubrió.
Switzerland could not deny that it had been hoping for a stronger document.	Suiza no puede negar que abrigaba esperanzas de que se aprobase un documento de más vigor.
May I thank the Council for its very brief response, though I had been hoping for a little more.	–Quiero dar las gracias al Consejo por su brevísima respuesta, aunque esperaba algo más.
Ricardo Hernandez, who owns a local grocery chain called El Chico Produce, had been hoping to expand his business.	Ricardo Hernández, quien es propietario de una cadena local de abarrotes llamada El Chico Produce, ha estado esperando poder ampliar su negocio.
Chair Rodriguez said that while many had been hoping for a positive statement to come out of UNFF-5, this did not happen.	El Presidente Rodríguez dijo que aunque muchos esperaban una declaración positiva como resultado del FNUB-5, esto no sucedió.
They had been hoping to simplify their life, and now circumstances have arranged this.	El había tenido la esperanza de encontrar la manera de simplificar su vida, y ahora las circunstancias lo han puesto en su camino.
The belly of a fish didn't have a luxury cabin that Jonah had been hoping to find on board the ship.	El vientre de un pescado no tiene una cabina de lujo como él había esperado encontrar a bordo del barco.
At last there had been debate, sparks, something, even if it wasn't the progressive dialogue I had been hoping for.	Por fin había aparecido el debate, la chispa, algo, aunque no hubiera sido la discusión progresista que yo esperaba.
They had been hoping that we would have everything in place by now, but unfortunately there were still kinks that need to be worked out.	Ellos esperan que tengamos todo en su lugar ahora, pero desafortunadamente todavía hay cosas que necesitan arreglarse.
The victims demonstrating outside the Archbishopric had been hoping for more from the UCA than words, as good as they were.	Las víctimas que se manifestaban ante el Arzobispado esperaban de la UCA más que un texto, por bueno que fuera.