Example sentences of "[pron] expect [noun] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Auntie Nellie only came to visit on special occasions so I expect Dad must have written to invite her to the wedding . |
| 2 | Well I expect William will have a drink , yes , and I expect you will too , what you doing ? |
| 3 | ‘ I expect Melody will come and keep him company sometimes . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ The vicar and his wife , of course , ’ she was saying , ‘ and I expect Penelope will come too . |
| 5 | I expect Miranda can be packed by then . |
| 6 | I expect restaurateurs will be itching to copy Jean-Paul Gaultier 's extraordinary staff uniform with the fork epaulette , but the rest of the details are ingredients for thought only . |
| 7 | ‘ I expect things will get stirred up pretty soon now that the Admiral 's back in town , ’ observed Amiss . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've lost four clients out of a total of 1,800 and I expect others will drift away , but we picked up a new client just this morning . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I expect Nisodemus will be very pleased , ’ he added . |
| 10 | " I expect Manners 'ud like to do the same . " |
| 11 | As I shall say to her , it might all be for the best — now that he is king , I expect Edward will decide for himself whom to marry . ’ |
| 12 | Still , I expect David will talk her into it . |
| 13 | ‘ I expect Egbert will help you . |
| 14 | " I expect Dada will send someone to tell us . " |
| 15 | I expect Hamish will be writing again pretty soon again too , but here I am sitting at the computer anyway , putting off writing a series of begging letters to friends and connections in various educational and other institutions and organizations asking them to submit to Chambers Harrap ( as we now are ) all partable-with unpublished bumf ( memos , minutes , notices , reports , etc , etc ) to swell the ‘ ephemera ’ ( new stretched meaning ) content of the British National Corpus of English . |
| 16 | ‘ I expect mademoiselle would like tea . |
| 17 | On competition , he said ‘ the second biggest software company is Novell , and on the server , which is one of the areas in which I expect NT will be very successful , they have a very high market share . |
| 18 | ‘ The second biggest software company is Novell and on the server , which is one of the areas I expect NT will be very successful , they have a very high market share . |
| 19 | After all , football left leather behind long ago , but I expect cricketers will be up in arms about this suggestion . |
| 20 | Well I expect Jamie can , get as much , get as far as a button your blouse . |
| 21 | ‘ I expect Charles will want us all dressed . |
| 22 | ‘ Jim Mangold will be feeding them now , ’ said Daisy Pettigrew comfortingly , ‘ and I expect Faustina will be getting her share . |
| 23 | ‘ I expect people will react to the idea in a typical way . |
| 24 | Mind you I expect people could come round here and say |
| 25 | But er I think it 'll be a good break for Kevin but er I expect Sandra will miss him as well |
| 26 | Oh , I expect Martin will remember the score . ) |
| 27 | I expect Tim will be in bed wo n't he ? |
| 28 | He added , with a faint smile : ‘ If she does I expect Chris will come too . ’ |
| 29 | Clearly it was done at Oliver 's invitation and Rain would normally have welcomed company ; but in her glum mood she expected Oliver would flirt with Linda , and Linda would be amused at Rain 's expense , and it would be quite impossible to spoil their fun by mentioning that Oliver was leaving Kington Square . |
| 30 | ‘ We expected players would serve to Jimmy 's forehand ’ , explains Segura ‘ not his strong two fisted backhand . |