Example sentences of "[pron] expect [noun prp] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frankly , I expected Philippa Lowthorpe 's film about love among the over-65s to come out like a cross between Esther Rantzen at her drippiest and Coronation Street at its dopiest . |
| 2 | ‘ I expect Mrs Jourdelay is familiar with the quotation , ’ Mr Hobbs said . |
| 3 | I expect Winifred Shalcross was right , however strange you may think it , when she said I was overconscientious . |
| 4 | I expect Dr Roberts will put Sandra on the pill . ’ |
| 5 | But I expect Miss Prentisse told you about it . |
| 6 | " I expect Mr. Preston 's secretary is still at lunch , " Sara said . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I expect Mr Gajdusek will give you time off to compensate , ’ she suggested , holding down more remarks , though in actual fact it was questions which sprang to her lips : where had Mr Gajdusek gone and how long would he be away ? |
| 8 | I expect Mr Rushton will come and make dinner for you both tonight . ’ |
| 9 | I expect Mr Hacker … ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I expect Mr Morgan is pulling out all Iris stops . ’ |
| 11 | Welll Cabinet 's are always under strain it 's in the nature of poltics , but I expect John Patten to be back at work within the course of this month , he 's just gone on holidasy when he returns he 's going back to the office . |
| 12 | All the preparations , all the propaganda , had led them to expect Herr Hitler to start it with a bang , an airborne cataclysm , probably with fire and with deadly gas . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | Wh-when do you expect Mr Marshall back ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ — so how would you expect Harriet Shakespeare to feel now ? ’ |
| 16 | Do you expect Madame Fleur to make twelve dresses in as many hours ? |
| 17 | We expected Michael Foot , Roy Jenkins and Tony Wedgwood Benn to stand , but when Denis Healey and Tony Crosland also announced they were candidates , my team calculated that I would lose a number of votes to them , for the three of us were close in our thinking and attitudes . |
| 18 | But we expect Alex Ferguson to try again for-Stuart Pearce at Forest , perhaps offering Neil Webb in part-exchange . |
| 19 | The Franks were also worried about how ‘ tough ’ Carter appeared — before they toured with the duo they expected Jim Bob and Fruitbat to beat them up . |
| 20 | The war now being effectively over , they expected Richard Baxter to return to them . |
| 21 | HOT-BLOODED men beating a path to the Liverpool Playhouse for the return of the Raving Beauties are in for a shock if they expect Paula Wilcox to reveal all in the adults only show . |
| 22 | Premier League chairmen struck a note of compromise rather than confrontation in London yesterday and they expect Mr Taylor to respond . |
| 23 | He expected William Temple to back Henson and was grieved to find that his hero was weak because he refused to stand up and fight . |
| 24 | He expected Mr Major to turn up at another party on Thursday night — even sneering : ‘ This is the vomit party , tomorrow 's is the cream ’ — but the Premier was flying across the Atlantic for a high-profile visit to Canadian leader Brian Mulroney . |
| 25 | Can anyone expect Mr. Kiechle to stand up and explain everything that he is looking for ? |
| 26 | However , Tory leader Coun Lawrie Wild has said he expects Coun Woodhead to do the ‘ honourable thing ’ . |
| 27 | But he expects Wilson Bowden to build and sell 1,650 homes this year , an increase of 30 per cent on 1991 and 1992 . |