Example sentences of "[pron] expect [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US Seniors ' Tour may outstrip the USPGA Tour in terms of waistlines and average age , but no-one expected its leading money winner to also claim higher earnings . |
| 2 | ‘ When I 'd finished writing the book I had lunch with a publisher ; she walked in with this crestfallen expression on her face , saying , ‘ I expected somebody taller , blonder , and just more … |
| 3 | As I expected it all happened halfway along . |
| 4 | I EXPECT something firm , manic , menacing , but the handshake is actually soft and warm , limp even . |
| 5 | I expect nothing short of a bloodbath . |
| 6 | I expect they all went in the Second World War . |
| 7 | Cos that , I mean they 're always going to be useful I use them myself and I expect you all |
| 8 | When I come back I expect you all to have worked hard and got the team another 9 points and a top of the league position . |
| 9 | The girls I knew at COHQ thought he was particularly unattractive , but I expect his own girls applied different criteria . |
| 10 | I expect my own daughter will be like this in a year or two . |
| 11 | I expect your little Anna is the same ! |
| 12 | ‘ I expect our toughest game of the season against them . ’ |
| 13 | I expect our little miss found it repugnant , the first dirty old man she was put to . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , I must say I did n't expect the red carpet , but neither did I expect you all to look at me as though I were the devil incarnate ! |
| 15 | Did I expect anything better of the Chancellor ? |
| 16 | In exile she expected their first child , having left her husband in Russia ; he was later killed , and she suffered the blow of another death — her own child . |
| 17 | Eventually Linda gave it up and admitted that Marilyn Duxbody was not present but added , with overtones of hysteria , that she expected her any minute . |
| 18 | Before reading further , think about the last few chapters and decide what you expect their empirical studies have found . |
| 19 | I 'm really surprised that you expect something logical from an outfit that released their second album well in the wake of their third . |
| 20 | They can be used for retirement planning for those currently paying the top rate of income tax and who expect their post-retirement income to attract basic tax only . |
| 21 | Would you expect it all to be done for you now ? |
| 22 | and there 's not much there 's not much fuel at all , but there is a lot of air going in , would you expect it all to be burned ? |
| 23 | Nor need she expect anything more than a strictly business afternoon , she warned herself . |
| 24 | Thorny presents sugar lumps in a plastic bowl and smiles ; she expects something sinister in the smile but it is guileless . |
| 25 | It was tense and frustrating , but no one expected anything less . |
| 26 | The lesson our Party draws is important that all of us , individuals and corporations alike , have a responsibility to reflect the values we expect our fellow citizens to exhibit . |
| 27 | A few chapters of Music , Mind , and Brain are stimulating and produce the right sort of sparks ; but others jar either because they are couched in long-winded jargon , or because they set off with a title and intent , which lead one to expect something new in the way of results , but then degenerate into vague speculations . |
| 28 | Both she and Bernard were continually taken aback by the way their staff threw themselves into the Ashley enterprise — although they expected nothing less and , in different ways it was they who inspired their employees to rise above whatever talents they thought they could offer . |
| 29 | Not that they expected anything other than a hard time when they visited Barnsley . |
| 30 | Manufacturers — such as Compaq Computer Corp , which rushed to discuss its Pentium plans in general terms , say they expect their first Pentium machines to list for as little as $4,500 , half the price set for early model 80486 machines in 1989 . |