Example sentences of "[pron] expect [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone expected her relationship with Gerald Grosvenor , the Duke of Westminster and Britain 's wealthiest aristocrat , to end in marriage . |
| 2 | I have been a machine knitter for about 20 years and I still remember those early garments which I expected my family to wear . |
| 3 | I expect her mum called it her , when she was a little baby . |
| 4 | I expect his wife 's just had a baby . |
| 5 | If he gets back , tell him I expect his attendance at the ball . ’ |
| 6 | Even here , I expect his mother comes in from time to time and has a good old poke round . ’ |
| 7 | Well I expect his family dispose of it nicely for him . |
| 8 | I expect my wife used it . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I expect my mum would like him , ’ Sandy said . |
| 10 | I expect my car to be |
| 11 | For the rest of the year , for 358 days , I expect my mind to achieve autonomy over my problems and I plod on while life with a capital L proceeds independently of me . |
| 12 | When they visit I expect my husband to be polite to them . |
| 13 | HEARD in a City tavern last night : ‘ I expect my husband to be just the same in 20 years time as he is now . ’ |
| 14 | I do not expect King Arthur to rise fully accoutred from the cave in which he lies asleep , any more than I expect my father to clamber out of his shallow pit of prison lime . |
| 15 | I expect my aunt meant well ; I guess it might just have been one of her spasmodic assumptions of authority in the family — out of character and dramatic as these assumptions usually were . |
| 16 | I expect my job 's gone now . |
| 17 | I love you like — ’ he was going to say ‘ like a sister ’ , but he suddenly changed his mind-'I love you to distraction , Rosie , but I can read your mind like a book , and I expect your mum can too . |
| 18 | ‘ I expect your Grimma 's got everyone organized , ’ said Angalo , trying to grin . |
| 19 | ‘ I expect your mother wishes you to remain unenlightened , since you must wait another four years for your bedding ! ’ |
| 20 | Oh Sally I expect your mother wo n't come because of the baby she said . |
| 21 | I expect your father is still there . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd never have guessed , you 've such a creamy complexion and your eyes are quite light … but then , I expect your father 's English ? ’ |
| 23 | Well I expect your father will have to take us out or perhaps Anne 'll pick us up . |
| 24 | ‘ I expect your grandfather liked his pint , did he not ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I expect our journey to track down Jeff will take us to areas you have n't seen . ’ |
| 26 | What can I expect my hotel room to be like ? |
| 27 | She expected his suspicion and passed across her wallet of blue plastic . |
| 28 | ‘ You expected her death , did n't you ? ’ |
| 29 | The barons were politically partisan — mostly Conservative — and you expected your paper to play a vigorous part for or against Mr Churchill in the 1945 general election campaign . |
| 30 | Moral of the story : make it clear to your suppliers exactly what you expect your machine to do . |