Example sentences of "[pron] expect [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expected blue murder but , to my delight , he was very proud . ’ |
| 2 | I expected ecological debate , the odd clash over vegetarianism and a hint of hippiness . |
| 3 | I expected new information . |
| 4 | At Calais the peg-legged porter unloading the baggage with as much agility as his able-bodied fellows became , in my over-heated imagination , a victim of Verdun , and such was the exotic evocation of ‘ foreign soil ’ , that I think I expected northern France to be totally distinct from southern England — almost like another planet . |
| 5 | This is version one of what promises to be one of the leading packages in this field , and , given that that is the case , I expect future versions to add greatly to its functionality . |
| 6 | In other words , Dr Blake , I expect one-hundred-per-cent support from every member of this team . ’ |
| 7 | 3.45:NOT many in with a chance here and I expect recent Fakenham scorer Love Anew and SKIPPING TIM to fight out the finish . |
| 8 | I expect amazing revelations — a scoop ! ’ |
| 9 | I expect young people of today would rate the fair rides of the early 1920 's quite tame affairs . |
| 10 | ‘ I expect underlying inflation to be 3.75 per cent at the end of this year , close to the top of its target range . |
| 11 | If I give a hitcher a lift I expect social interaction and ca n't abide the ones that use me like a bus service , mute to the point of rudeness . |
| 12 | Anyway , why should n't I expect high standards from them ? |
| 13 | The price of this pragmatism has been to disappoint those who expected radical changes after Independence . |
| 14 | By 1875 politics in the Czech countryside was conducted in more sophisticated terms , and those who expected national salvation from supposed kinsmen of ‘ people 's emperors ’ , ancient or modern , would probably feel a little embarrassed to admit it . |
| 15 | When you plug in a Ricky you expect certain things — not too much power but tons of friendly jangle and loads of character . |
| 16 | Hills cut him from 10-1 to 6-1 , prompting their representative , Don Payne , to comment : ‘ You expect big market moves before races like this , but I 've never seen anything on this scale . ’ |
| 17 | If you expect heavy use of Offline ( which will be particularly the case if you are not using the Module Version Deletion facility ) , you should probably increase this parameter before running CREFDL . |
| 18 | Those people who show a strong respect for authority and who expect negative criticism often dread making presentations to their superiors ( see Chapter Four for more on authority and criticism ) . |
| 19 | We provide a top quality catering service for employees using the restaurant , which is also used extensively for VIP functions from other Total locations and from France , who expect high standard of food and service . |
| 20 | He disapproves of bribery : ‘ Children do n't need to be saddled with the nagging aspirations of parents who expect little Johnny to do everything they did plus everything they did n't manage to do . ’ |
| 21 | Obviously cold injury is far more common when would you expect cold injury to be common ? |
| 22 | Using the information above , for what purposes would you expect particular lorries and cars to be travelling on the M8 , either way between Glasgow and Livingston ? |
| 23 | How dare she expect up-to-the-minute information when she had decided to remove herself from the scene ? |
| 24 | We expect great things of you . ’ |
| 25 | We must start to define where we expect genuine refugees to come from . |
| 26 | But because a given change in performance has less effect on fitness later in life , we expect deleterious mutations to cause a greater drop in fertility and survival probability later in life , assuming the same mutation rate for each age . |
| 27 | ‘ Under the new arrangements we have forecast total ERDF receipts in Scotland of £120 million and , on past experience , we expect local authorities to obtain around £75 million , ’ Mr Lang said . |
| 28 | We expect British Rail to give urgent consideration to the timing of the placement of that order . |
| 29 | We expect sponsored MPs to be present at important votes , and particularly on these occasions when our members are likely to be infect affected . |
| 30 | ‘ We expect sweeping changes at IBM to be announced shortly and we believe that if possible , IBM will introduce changes in equity ownership , ’ Merrill Lynch & Co analyst Dan Mandresh told investment clients in a report . |