Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] expected [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Advanced Micro will have a fifth generation microprocessor on the market in 1995 , and other areas were also performing well , with strong sales in non-volatile Flash memory products , where he expected revenues to jump to $200m in 1993 from $45m in 1992 . |
| 2 | Devoy hinted that she expected Jackman to be her successor , by adding : ‘ She can have it [ the title ] after me . ’ |
| 3 | In a statement issued on March 28 the Mongolian Foreign Ministry announced that it expected Russia to abide by a March 1990 Soviet-Mongolian agreement which stipulated that all Soviet troops would withdraw from Mongolia by Aug. 30 , 1992 [ see p. 37318 ] . |
| 4 | It added that it expected Denmark 's gross domestic product to grow by 2.25 per cent in 1992 , up from 2 per cent in 1991 . |
| 5 | Parry recommended a revision of the practices of the construction industry , and said that he expected insurance costs to rise . |
| 6 | Prof McVie said that he expected drugs to counter rogue genes could be available within seven years . |
| 7 | Tim Eggar , the Energy Minister , told the conference that he expected recommendations by the end of the month from a working group on offshore costs chaired by John d'Ancona , the head of the Glasgow-based Offshore Supplies Office . |
| 8 | In what is a highly fluid situation , a senior opposition source said that he expected Forum ministers to be in office by the weekend . |
| 9 | They had been defiled , and I expected punishment . |
| 10 | Whenever we went there , Salvo and I expected Hasan 's ghost to leap out of the darkness and slit our throats with his dagger . |
| 11 | When she told Robert that she was going to confess her dark secret , his reaction was to ask if she expected criticism . |
| 12 | ‘ What the hell have you been up to ? ’ she demanded , glancing down the road as if she expected Herbie Connors to appear on his bike . |
| 13 | Besides , it could be very profitable : PR firms set an inflated value on their own services , and they expected others to do the same . |
| 14 | The sergeant thought Blanche would be tired after the tension of the previous hour or two , and he expected Blanche to sit at her desk quietly for a few minutes . |
| 15 | Greenspan stated that the probability of recession had slipped below 50 per cent and he expected growth in the first quarter of 1990 to be " slow but positive " . |
| 16 | He looked as if he expected Wexford to hinder him , but Wexford said nothing . |
| 17 | She paused as though she expected Marion to say something . |
| 18 | Rather as you expected East wins the first trick with the ten of diamonds , and at trick two leads the four of spades . |