Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , do you normally walk in or , or , or do you expect a ride ? |
| 2 | Or do you expect the poor beast to get off and skip round on its own for you ? ’ |
| 3 | Nor do I expect an angler to recognise every bite he feels the first time he tries touch legering . |
| 4 | Nor do I expect you to believe me because my bearing is sincere and my words plausible . |
| 5 | Her husband did n't reply , nor did she expect him to . |
| 6 | He did n't smile ; nor did she expect him to . |
| 7 | Nor did he expect them to be republished . |
| 8 | I will give the right hon. Gentleman no such undertaking ; nor did he expect me to . |
| 9 | I 'd not expected to convince the police at the top of the falls that I was a very sane person , nor did I expect them to believe Paul 's emergency story that we were a group of passing Hippies taking our kayaks for a walk . |
| 10 | He had made no mention of the previous evening , nor had she expected him to . |
| 11 | Nor had I expected to see people living in this city of the dead . |
| 12 | I had not asked him for anything , nor had I expected anything . |
| 13 | The Profitboss places few demands on his colleagues , nor does he expect favours . |
| 14 | Leeds City Council does not expect within its plan period nor does it expect within the period of the North Yorkshire alterations , commuting will disappear . |
| 15 | At first his manner is reserved and defensive ; there is an attitude that suggests he expects rebuke and is ready to fight . |
| 16 | During my visit to Proctor and Gamble I expected to spend most of my time listening to smart women complain about having their key strokes counted . |
| 17 | I 've had a word with him on the phone , and told him to expect a call from you . |
| 18 | The defender averred that as a result of that announcement he telephoned Macfie & Alexander , speaking to Mr Rae , one of the partners , and told him to expect an offer of £70,000 from Ferguson & Forster and that he instructed Mr Rae that when the offer was received , he ( the defender ) would consider its terms and if he found them satisfactory he would instruct Mr Rae to accept the offer . |
| 19 | Milpitas-based Adaptec Inc is making hay with its disk controllers from the boom in personal computer sales generated by the price war , and says it expects to report net profit of about $50m , 1.90 per share for its fiscal year to March 31 1993 , on sales more than double last year 's $150.3m . |
| 20 | Borland International Inc reports ‘ strong initial reception ’ to its long-delayed Windows version of Paradox , and says it expects to report profits of 10 cents a share for its fourth quarter to March 31 , double the average analyst forecast ; Microsoft Corp said it had sold about 700,000 copies of its new Access database program , and Borland says that its Paradox for Windows has done about as well . |
| 21 | Having got rid of its international stores chain with the spin-off of InterTan Inc , Tandy Corp is heading back into the international market again and says it expects to open a second SuperCenter store in Stockholm , Sweden in the third quarter ; the company already operates a third SuperCenter in Copenhagen . |
| 22 | But with personal contact through the old jobbing system on the floor of the Stock Exchange , experienced people could see Old Joe coming and knew what to expect — even if they might sometimes join in to make a little extra money . |
| 23 | She heard the roaring approaching and knew what to expect . |
| 24 | My binoculars I wore round my neck at the ready for all those puffins , razor bills and guillemots I expected to see on the way over . |
| 25 | And do you expect Israel to attack , and if they do attack , or retaliate , then will this change the whole complexion of the conflict ? |
| 26 | Wholesalers reported an improvement in sales both year-on-year and compared with February , and said they expected volumes to keep up the pace this month . |
| 27 | Supermarket chain Gateway Foodmarkets announced it was switching its 1,100 cars to diesel six months ago and said it expected to save around £400,000 a year on fuel alone . |
| 28 | Inmos 's Pearson was philosophical about the delay , admitting it had lost the company customers , but saying he expected forthcoming T9000 generations to lure the strays back to the fold . |
| 29 | However , with the outbreaks of that disease in cattle beginning to plateau , Keith Meldrum , the Ministry of Agriculture 's chief veterinarian , has gone on record as saying he expects EC countries to start lifting the ban towards the end of the year . |