Example sentences of "[pron] expect [num] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | At any moment I expected one of the masters , placed at strategic intervals to stop a guy taking short cuts or lighting up a Havana cigar , to leap out from a place of concealment , brandishing The Times and bellowing , ‘ Come on , Britton ! |
2 | I expect one of the old ladies was up there and dropped a fag end or something , and just forgot it . |
3 | , I expect one of those will be alright , were they stripy ones we saw the other day ? |
4 | ‘ I expect 85 to 90 per cent of our business to be corporate , ’ says Mr Nitschke , ‘ which is a very demanding market , so it is important that we are able to meet all its requirements . ’ |
5 | And we expect hundreds of people queueing today in person . ’ |
6 | ‘ We expect thousands of people will turn up for this rave , which has been organised and advertised without the school 's knowledge . |
7 | They expect 1929 to be the best year ever for rubber production . |