Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] expect a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , do you normally walk in or , or , or do you expect a ride ? |
| 2 | I 've had a word with him on the phone , and told him to expect a call from you . |
| 3 | Earlier this month SunSoft Inc president Ed Zander , told us to expect a version of its Unix operating system to feature on the PowerPC RISC ( CI No 2,124 ) . |
| 4 | Earlier this month SunSoft Inc president , Ed Zander , told us to expect a version of its Unix operating system to feature on the PowerPC RISC ( UX No 426 ) . |
| 5 | I do n't think she expected a present |
| 6 | The title of this book leads one to expect a contribution to the solution of this problem , but unfortunately these hopes are soon dashed . |
| 7 | It 's opening leads one to expect a knowing , ‘ insider ’ political novel , but it turns out to be the story of a destructive sexual passion , complete with purple passages , the saga of a successful man who becomes obsessed with his son 's mistress , who is only too willing to oblige . |
| 8 | Economic theory would lead you to expect a net gain even in the EC — making it possible to compensate Western Europe 's producers for their losses and still show a gain for consumers and taxpayers . |
| 9 | The decades since 1950 , the 40 most revolutionary years in the history of human society , should lead us to expect a massive disintegration of old values , a collapse of old certainties . |
| 10 | ‘ Interesting , ’ she said , when she realised he expected a comment . |
| 11 | ‘ And you think I expect a return ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Did you expect a present , Miss Eyre ? |
| 13 | They 're forced into a position of dependence and in fact how do you expect a disabled child to be independent when even their parents are n't ? |
| 14 | Why did he expect a good crop of sugarbeet ? |
| 15 | I said well no I cos I said I expected a co I think she deserved a more than a commended . |
| 16 | She had n't expected him to greet her with ecstatic joy — his emotions were n't extreme like Lowell 's thankfully — but neither had she expected a degree of embarrassment . |
| 17 | Last night the grieving couple were still baffled by the tragedy that struck down six-year-old Elizabeth a week after doctors said they expected a full recovery from a brain tumour . |
| 18 | In January 1989 the government said it expected a further 361,000 sales over the next three years . |
| 19 | Forecasting nil growth in the market this year , the company said it expected a slight upturn in the final quarter of 1993 but its total truck sales would not exceed last year 's 32,000 . |
| 20 | Prost said he expected a tough race but was satisfied with the performance of his car . |
| 21 | He said he expected a substantial part of that money to be used as a ‘ starter ’ sum for Darlington schools St Augustines and St Bedes . |
| 22 | NatWest 's chief executive , Derek Wanless , said he expected a ‘ modest improvement ’ in the current year and welcomed a cut in the key cost to-income ratio from 67.5 per cent to 64.7 per cent . |