Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] expect [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They come from the roughest jails where they expect trouble all the time . |
| 2 | Auntie Nellie only came to visit on special occasions so I expect Dad must have written to invite her to the wedding . |
| 3 | Going from there to , and that 's a sort of history of where things have happened over the previous four mon four months , to expectations about output this is the first survey since the recession began in which all regions , mainland regions of the U K say that they expect output to increase over the coming four months . |
| 4 | A Gallup poll of businessmen has revealed that they expect interest rates to be 1.6 per cent higher under Labour . |
| 5 | In another change of tack — there was a time when OS/2 was the whole future as far as the company was concerned , Microsoft Corp is switching its signals and is now making it clear that it expects MS-DOS users to prepare to switch to Windows NT . |
| 6 | Parry recommended a revision of the practices of the construction industry , and said that he expected insurance costs to rise . |
| 7 | In what is a highly fluid situation , a senior opposition source said that he expected Forum ministers to be in office by the weekend . |
| 8 | They had been defiled , and I expected punishment . |
| 9 | I say borrow but the cash was never refunded and I expect Dad thought it was a cheap way to get rid of him . |
| 10 | Our business is budgeted to expand by 25 per cent in 1993 and I expect trading conditions to improve as buyers appreciate current values and the affordability of our new homes . |
| 11 | When she told Robert that she was going to confess her dark secret , his reaction was to ask if she expected criticism . |
| 12 | We impose heavy loads on those with both brain and brawn , and we expect saintliness from them as well . |
| 13 | Hunting may well become outlawed but we are deluding ourselves if we expect angling to follow in the foreseeable future although I am sure it will also go in future decades . |
| 14 | If we expect failure , we need n't take risks . |
| 15 | West will again have Paul Pook at lock , with Peter Robinson in the back row , and they expect winger Dave Cooke to have recovered from an injury he suffered while guesting for Middlesbrough last Saturday . |
| 16 | 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 " . |
| 17 | Gergiev has nurtured a new generation of young singers in the Kirov — notably the sopranos Galina Gorchakova and Yelena Prokina , the mezzo Olga Borodina , the tenors Gegam Gregorian and Yuri Marusin — but he expects loyalty from them . |
| 18 | Of course , whether people are refused credit because of their probable inability to repay , or whether they do not apply for it because they expect refusal on the same grounds , the results are the same . |
| 19 | Rather as you expected East wins the first trick with the ten of diamonds , and at trick two leads the four of spades . |
| 20 | The ending also is unexpected , as you expect Finn + Jim to reach the state they were heading for + live happily ever after . |
| 21 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects TASM to be in service ; and where they will be based . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | On the PowerPC effort , Mace says the initial part will come in with around 30% less power than the 88000 , though he expects performance to converge over time . |