Example sentences of "[pron] expects [to-vb] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first and biggest is that no nation which expects to take its place in the world order should be in the business of commissioning international vengeance and terrorism . |
| 2 | Last week the receivers moved in and now he expects to lose his home as well as his business . |
| 3 | The laird of Lethem 's motive , as interpreted by Lord Elphinstone , was to serve his own interest , for it appeared that Aucheneen was ‘ a bankrupt maltman who broke sixty pounds in Mr. Dundas 's debt , & by getting Mr. Buchanan chosen collector of the cess he expects to opperate his payment ’ . |
| 4 | COSE continues to resist any designation as a group or collective appellation as the COSE companies , ostensibly because it expects to expand its membership . |
| 5 | IBM 's announcement that it expects to slash its workforce this year by more than the 25,000 first planned will not affect its European operations , said a spokesman at the company 's Greenock plant . |