Example sentences of "[pron] expect [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone expected her relationship with Gerald Grosvenor , the Duke of Westminster and Britain 's wealthiest aristocrat , to end in marriage . |
| 2 | ‘ I expected my times at Marseille to be measured in years and months , not weeks and days . |
| 3 | I have been a machine knitter for about 20 years and I still remember those early garments which I expected my family to wear . |
| 4 | I expect her mum called it her , when she was a little baby . |
| 5 | I expect his notes went into the university archives , and the rest of his belongings would have been sold off . |
| 6 | I expect his wife 's just had a baby . |
| 7 | If he gets back , tell him I expect his attendance at the ball . ’ |
| 8 | I expect his spies will tell him , though . ’ |
| 9 | Even here , I expect his mother comes in from time to time and has a good old poke round . ’ |
| 10 | Well I expect his family dispose of it nicely for him . |
| 11 | I expect my wife used it . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I expect my mum would like him , ’ Sandy said . |
| 13 | ‘ Look , I expect my friends are happy enough here , so if you could just , you know , set me down somewhere — ’ |
| 14 | I expect my employees to keep their minds on the job ! |
| 15 | Oliver said when I told him this story rather hesitatingly , though I expect my nerves were to do with talking about Gillian . |
| 16 | I expect my car to be |
| 17 | ‘ I expect my guests to be polite , señorita , ’ he informed her icily . |
| 18 | For the rest of the year , for 358 days , I expect my mind to achieve autonomy over my problems and I plod on while life with a capital L proceeds independently of me . |
| 19 | When they visit I expect my husband to be polite to them . |
| 20 | HEARD in a City tavern last night : ‘ I expect my husband to be just the same in 20 years time as he is now . ’ |
| 21 | I do not expect King Arthur to rise fully accoutred from the cave in which he lies asleep , any more than I expect my father to clamber out of his shallow pit of prison lime . |
| 22 | I expect my aunt meant well ; I guess it might just have been one of her spasmodic assumptions of authority in the family — out of character and dramatic as these assumptions usually were . |
| 23 | I expect my job 's gone now . |
| 24 | I love you like — ’ he was going to say ‘ like a sister ’ , but he suddenly changed his mind-'I love you to distraction , Rosie , but I can read your mind like a book , and I expect your mum can too . |
| 25 | I expect your parents are dead , are n't they ? |
| 26 | I expect your clothes will be dry enough to brush clean by the time you 've finished . |
| 27 | ‘ I expect your Grimma 's got everyone organized , ’ said Angalo , trying to grin . |
| 28 | ‘ I expect your mother wishes you to remain unenlightened , since you must wait another four years for your bedding ! ’ |
| 29 | Oh Sally I expect your mother wo n't come because of the baby she said . |
| 30 | I expect your father is still there . ’ |