Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [pron] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have found much more concern with status in industry than I expected — it 's just not so easy to identify for a newcomer . |
| 2 | Over a crackling line from a studio in Boston , David is enthusing about Gigolo Aunts ' album recording sessions : ‘ It 's a lot more rock than we expected , ’ he chortles , with nary a hint of apology . |
| 3 | We , also , have to be able to goto Blackburn and come away with a result if we expect to advance in the Cup any further than the 4th round . |
| 4 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to make a decision relating to West Yorkshire police authority 's application for a £3.6 million grant from the urban crime fund . |
| 5 | Moses and Monarchism is not one of those books of Freud as I expect you to read for this course , I mean I expect you to read things like Civilization 's Discontents and so on because they 're , they 're kind of central and they 're not very large books , they 're clearly er focused on our subject but erm it would be I think a little bit unreasonable for me to expect you to read this one , although , er I 'd quite like you to I mean some ways erm it 's a fascinating book , erm my guess is if it , if you do n't hate it , you 'd probably quite like it . |
| 6 | Well ours is a proper pukka job , David as you expect |
| 7 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects exports to reach the same level as imports . |
| 8 | But while South Africa cruised home with a day to spare to go 1-0 up in the four-match series , it was more of a struggle than they expected after India began the fourth day at 71-6 , just eight runs ahead . |
| 9 | It was a longer climb than she expected . |
| 10 | The scene of life , Bransby ’ , continued he , ‘ is drawing to a close : although my career has been a most happy one , I feel much less regret than I expected in leaving it , for I have full confidence in the mercy of God . ’ |
| 11 | There is always more work than you expect is n't there ? |
| 12 | We are looking for it to have a reasonable rally this summer and we are positive about the dollar so we expect to make money out of currency as well . ’ |
| 13 | For instance , in the UK the Confederation of British Industry publishes a four monthly basis a national survey of the opinions of a lab sample of companies whether they expect their sales , exports , production , employment and investment to remain stable or change . |
| 14 | To ask the Lord President of the Council when he expects results from the feasibility study on refreshment facilities for visitors to the House . |
| 15 | They come from the roughest jails where they expect trouble all the time . |
| 16 | There 's so much we 've had to pay out so much erm you 've had to pay out so much on , on more mortgage than you expected . |
| 17 | ‘ You 've got a much bigger nose than I expected , Michael , ’ he said . |
| 18 | ‘ We are carrying more tonnes for PowerGen than we expected , so we must be doing something right , ’ said the Trainload Freight spokesman . |
| 19 | You 'll have a softer landing than you expect — indeed , you 'll find you do n't need what you wanted so desperately ! |
| 20 | The operating philosophy set them by founder is as potent today as it was then : ‘ You must perfect every fundamental of your business if you expect it to perform well . ’ |
| 21 | Mr Banham warned an Association of Metropolitan Authorities conference in London yesterday : ‘ There may well be half a million furious business people , either with severely disappointed expectations because they expected to see their rate bills cut by half , or facing a succession of real increases of 20 per cent in their annual rates bills . |
| 22 | International investors continued to switch their money out of sterling because they expect the Government to slash interest rates . |
| 23 | After you 'd had this erm punishment ere you expected to go back to your lessons straight away , how long did it hurt , did your hands |
| 24 | Our normal response is to look for a comparatively minor adjustment near the periphery ; if we can not see the cake when we expected to we would normally suppose , perhaps , that someone has eaten it , rather than that cakes now have a tendency to dematerialize . |
| 25 | Guardian reader Peter John , who has holdings in Dumenil 's Swiss , French and Spanish funds , claims he failed to receive any dividends in June and November as he expected . |
| 26 | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the higher standards of residual stability recommended by the steering committee of the roll on/roll off ferry safety research programme to be applied to all roll on/roll off ferries using British ports . |
| 27 | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects work to commence on upgrading the A12 Chelmsford bypass from a two-lane to a three-lane road . |
| 28 | Well that 's , that 's fine you 've got to start with the easy ones and at your age you would n't , you would n't normally be doing them this hard at all , this is for sixteen year olds who are doing their , their plot paper on G C S E maths so you expect to find , oh hang on this is a bit hard there 's a bit of work in this , but I think you 're capable of doing it . |
| 29 | Selling on is an attitude of mind , an attitude whereby you do your customers a favour by selling them more than they ask for , and often at a better price than they expected . |
| 30 | the tube station cos I expected him to spring out |