Example sentences of "[pron] expect the [n mass] " in BNC.

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1 I expect the staff watch when they 're bored .
2 While Robert Henri 's ‘ Skipper Mick ’ was a radiant , tightly painted and very appealing late portrait ( lot 56 est. $80–120,000 ) , none expected the $315,000 ( £196,875 ) Henri portrait record paid by dealer John Surovek .
3 ‘ And just when do you expect the cavalry to arrive ? ’ he countered with heavy irony .
4 We expect the people to be like them and presuppose it in dealing with the people themselves .
5 When asked about a timeframe for these auctions , the spokesman said that there was ‘ no hurry ’ but that he expected the aircraft to have gone to its new home by Christmas .
6 It expects the 78% share of desktops currently running by MS-DOS to fall to 29% by 1997 , the Apple Macintosh to retain a 10% share over the period , Windows to rise from last year 's 7% to 28% , Unix to grow from 4% to 10% , OS/2 to rise from 1% to 8% and Windows NT to grow from nowhere to 14% over the five years .
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