Example sentences of "[pron] expect a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I expected a wee charge from Middlesbrough early on . |
| 2 | I expected a high-powered event , with dozens , if not hundreds of people present . |
| 3 | I 'd therefore grown used to getting a certain amount of respect from other drivers , so when I found one of the clapped-out Toyotas favoured by Asian families in my path one morning I expected a free passage . |
| 4 | For a moment I expected a knuckle-rapping response , but after a brief hesitation , he said , ‘ My verse was obscure because I was obscure to myself . |
| 5 | Needless to say , I expect a regular progress report . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I am not quite the Hochhauser rapist I am made out to be , but I expect a little peck , just here , on the cheek . ’ |
| 7 | I expect a Public Sector Borrowing Requirement in the current financial year of £35 billion , slightly lower than projected at the time of my Autumn Statement . |
| 8 | ‘ I expect a steady , more consistent growth rate of between 4% and 6% . ’ |
| 9 | I expect a steady , more consistent growth rate of between 4% and 6% |
| 10 | I mean there 's no reason because we have n't got men 's issues , because all issues are men 's issues , nobody expects a male Prime Minister to go for any particular issue , but why should we expect a woman Prime Minister to go particularly for certain issues ? |
| 11 | She expected a loud shout of . |
| 12 | Those who expected a predictable finale to this unpredictable match got far more than they anticipated . |
| 13 | Even rewards such as these were a shade oblique for those who expected a direct return upon money invested . |
| 14 | You expect a little bit of jostling do n't you when there 's a crowd seen in the penalty box . |
| 15 | You expect a whole speech of explanation . |
| 16 | Such a policy of extensification would avoid food mountains and ensure that our land was properly looked after by farmers who want to work and who expect a reasonable return for their efforts . |
| 17 | They 're forced into a position of dependence and in fact how do you expect a disabled child to be independent when even their parents are n't ? |
| 18 | Would you expect a cold , ruthless Capricorn like me to do anything else ? ’ |
| 19 | Economic theory would lead you to expect a net gain even in the EC — making it possible to compensate Western Europe 's producers for their losses and still show a gain for consumers and taxpayers . |
| 20 | They include a responsibility to staff who depend on their employers for a decent standard of living and a responsibility to the customer who expects a decent service . |
| 21 | We expected a big postbag but nothing could have prepared us for the fantastic response we received ! |
| 22 | ‘ We expected a physical game and we certainly got one . |
| 23 | Its intensity ( that is , its energy content ) is given by the square of this , so we expect a transmitted fraction of unc as is indeed the case . |
| 24 | We welcome the emphasis on safety in the North sea , but we expect a parallel prioritisation of the extremely dangerous potential accident sites onshore , and we expect to see an improvement in that situation . |
| 25 | What we are doing , if we expect a negative outcome , is providing our fear with food from the imagination . |
| 26 | There should then be no plateaux in the Hall voltage because as more electrons are added to an unfilled Landau level we expect a smooth decrease of the Hall voltage . |
| 27 | Those ultimate motivations will be the subject of the next section , but here we are interested in exactly what it is that we expect a pragmatic theory to do . |
| 28 | In the first month of its operation it received 280 inquiries ; but commenting on this figure , a spokesman said : ‘ We expect a dramatic increase in inquiries once head teachers come back from holiday and examine the information we have sent them ’ . |
| 29 | So can we expect a glorious future where dreams and technology merge or are the implications more sinister ? |
| 30 | It 's opening leads one to expect a knowing , ‘ insider ’ political novel , but it turns out to be the story of a destructive sexual passion , complete with purple passages , the saga of a successful man who becomes obsessed with his son 's mistress , who is only too willing to oblige . |