Example sentences of "[pron] expect the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I was a bit blue , and being blue always makes me satirical , so I expect the odd unfair jest might have escaped my lips . |
2 | His excuse was forgetfulness but I expect the real reason was lack of funds . |
3 | In my union branch , as in many others , I expect the best activists to be voting Labour . |
4 | I 'm paying top dollar and I expect the best . |
5 | I expect the young novelist ( it seems unfair to give his name ) was thinking of the ‘ first , suppressed edition ’ of Les Fleurs du mal . |
6 | I expect the other sort have a ball — like Bella , ’ she added unkindly . |
7 | No , the estate agent reckons it 'll be converted into flats , so I expect the new owner 's going to want you out . |
8 | I expect the poor soul took the will for the deed , if you 'll excuse a weak joke . |
9 | er perhaps Tom himself was erm not really concentrating very much but I know when we came back after the Christmas Day , the Boxing Day that is , erm , Tom was quite oblivious as to what had gone on on the Chr on the Christmas Eve , so I remember we c we put our heads together and erm came to erm some arrangement as to who should be invited for this next tractor course and nothing was ever said so I expect the right people went after all but erm it 's funny how when he was |
10 | That is absolute rubbish and I expect the right hon. Member for Sparkbrook to condemn it as such . |
11 | I expect the Scottish Transport Group , before reaching a decision on assistance , to see what it could do to encourage any separate teams to come together to mount a single bid . |
12 | I 've refused work , and I expect the same loyalty from Enya , even if she married Phil Spector tomorrow ! |
13 | The Prime Minister was heard in silence , and I expect the same courtesy to be extended to the Leader of the Opposition . |
14 | Well I expect the whole thing needs washing does n't it ? |
15 | She expected the thin , whippy shaft to cut viciously into her flesh , but instead only the soft leather flap landed on her hand . |
16 | Clubs such as this were rather like workshops with the old pros as time-served tradesmen who expected the young apprentices to clean their boots and learn their trade . |
17 | No doubt the clients he entertained here were people who expected the best . |
18 | I would suggest to you colleagues , it 's because the , your expectations and those of the , er , the other erm , stake holders involved in the other agencies about joint planning depends on what you expect the joint structures to carry . |
19 | Draw a sketch plan of what you expect the finished shop to look like . |
20 | But the first time the breadhead says it , you expect the worst : he 'll ask you to thieve , to sell your body , to start a life of crime . |
21 | Or do you expect the poor beast to get off and skip round on its own for you ? ’ |
22 | 2 What do you expect the retail price to be ? $399 was suggested for the 4000 , I think , of which you said $240 would be your net receipts . |
23 | Were you expecting the royal yacht Britannia , complete with resident crew ? ’ |
24 | No one expected the pastoral Masai to go out to work en masse as agricultural labourers for the Europeans , and so their officers were spared the necessity of acting as labour recruiters — in itself enough to lighten the heart of any administrative officer in Kenya . |
25 | From the considerations of Chapter 15 , we expect the quantitative formulation of the relative importance of inertia and buoyancy forces to be made in terms of some form of the Froude number ( eqn ( 15.7 ) ) . |
26 | ‘ All in all , we expect the new Ki-Maasai Bible to serve in excess of one million people ’ , he said . |
27 | We expect the Islamic nation to support us in our latest struggle which we are carrying out in order to preserve the interests of the whole Islamic world . |
28 | We expect the final PPG Note to be compatible with existing guidance . |
29 | It is then that we expect the best group from Southern Africa to be there , including the Homeland leaders . |
30 | To cultivate awareness of fact one goes to the sciences , of sensation and emotion to the arts ; and we expect the latter , in sharpest contrast with the former , also to give pleasure . |