Example sentences of "[pers pn] expects " in BNC.
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| 1 | Likewise , she expects the children to operate intuitively in their make-believe , but she believes the intuition can be a refined instrument , accompanied by a high degree of awareness , at its best , bringing about reflection on what one experiences even as one experiences it . |
| 2 | This she expects and indeed wants . |
| 3 | If she expects you to treat that bitch politely , then you 'll do it . ’ |
| 4 | In a few clinics there is an appointments system which at least ensures that the patient is seen when he or she expects to be seen , but there may be delays in getting an appointment . |
| 5 | She expects it every time and though I still feel sorry for her , I do n't fancy her . |
| 6 | The ward sister can explain what she expects the nurse to learn during the allocation , and can set objectives . |
| 7 | She expects her son-in-law to be just the same kind of husband and father , with all the same values and priorities , and finds it difficult to accept him as a man with a different set of strengths and weaknesses , however happy he makes her daughter , and this may need to be pointed out to her . |
| 8 | Mrs Barnet tells me that she expects her husband when she sees him . |
| 9 | Today she expects the delivery man will bring her customary greeting from the Queen . |
| 10 | The words , spoken in a high , rather forced voice , had the repressive authority of a nurse-receptionist greeting a patient from whom she expects nothing but trouble . |
| 11 | The first proper historical evaluation of the subject to have been made in the United States , the exhibition has been organised by curator Elizabeth Armstrong and her associate , Joan Rothfuss , and will be seen at the Whitney Museum of American Art ( 16 July-3 October ) , Chicago 's Museum of Contemporary Art ( 13 November-16 January 1994 ) , the Wexner Center for the Visual Arts , Columbus OH ( 18 February-17 April 1994 ) , the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ( 12 May-24 July 1994 ) and the Fundacio Antoni Tapies , Barcelona ( 17 November1994–12 January 1995 ) , the only European venue confirmed for this important exhibition of predominantly European material , although Armstrong told The Art Newspaper that she expects to add at least two further venues in Europe , one of which may be in London . |
| 12 | Although the deal is not yet final , a spokesperson for the Palais told The Art Newspaper she expects the Kunsthalle to relocate to Bonsecours Market in the Old City where it will reopen next May , perhaps with a new name , and probably with a show about Alexander the Great and Macedonia . |
| 13 | She expects that entrepreneurs and high-ranking government officials will pay for such a privileged education for their children . |
| 14 | I can argue that Greenfield does not make this explicit because she is taking for granted conventions that she herself has learnt in the western education system and which she expects her readers to share . |
| 15 | Prescriptives is for the contemporary woman who demands the same high standards from her beauty products as she expects from her wardrobe . |
| 16 | " She does n't say so , but at times I think she expects me to although she knows I ca n't . |
| 17 | What this means is that the individual in public feels obliged to broadcast an unceasing stream of non-verbal signs , intended to inform others , whether they be acquaintances or more often otherwise , of the place which he or she expects to have in the undertakings which follow . |
| 18 | ‘ The doctors say she 's responding very well to the new treatment , and she expects to live for another hundred years . ’ |
| 19 | Lois Lane , manageress of the Fenham Fund , has no views about the general level of futures prices for the commodities she is considering trading , but does have a view about relative price movements , in that she expects the price of kryptonite futures to rise relative to that of phlogiston futures . |
| 20 | When she dies I think she is going to be more frightened than she expects . |
| 21 | She expects to cope with that side and she 's C. of E. ’ |
| 22 | The bulk of domiciliary care is already provided by families , but Mrs Thatcher has made it plain that she expects families to take on extra responsibilities , and this is also apparent in the White Paper on Caring for People . |
| 23 | She expects him to be an untidy swimmer , but is irritated to find that he has a smooth powerful crawl which takes him through the water swiftly and seriously . |
| 24 | Thorny presents sugar lumps in a plastic bowl and smiles ; she expects something sinister in the smile but it is guileless . |
| 25 | She expects to find Minna and Becky sitting in a huff in the coffee lounge , keeping as great a distance as they can manage from their ridiculously costumed sisters and brother-in-law . |
| 26 | Phena thinks recent developments entitle her to a newer , bigger house , which she expects me to pay for , with pleasure , despite the fact that the wedding is already running into a fortune . |
| 27 | ‘ What she expects and what she gets could be two different things that are miles apart . ’ |
| 28 | I think she 's very optimistic if she expects others to go by bus so that she can get her car out of Muirwood Road , to get to work in Wester Hailes . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , she expects Charlie home today . ’ |
| 30 | The Swindon Works only closed in 1986 and since it can take many years for asbestos to affect people 's health , she expects to be dealing with similar cases well into the next century . |