Example sentences of "[pron] expect [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As an author , I expect reviewers to be honest and objective . |
| 2 | Nobody expects councillors to be able to do sums involving three hundred and fifteen or fourteen million erm without professional help , just like any business would expect to use professional help for that . |
| 3 | Devoy hinted that she expected Jackman to be her successor , by adding : ‘ She can have it [ the title ] after me . ’ |
| 4 | Friends such as Edward Clodd , who expected Hardy to be relieved by her death in 1912 , found instead that he was overcome with remorse for neglecting one whom he had once loved so well . |
| 5 | You expect reality to be different from imaginings . ‘ |
| 6 | ‘ You expect God to be like the Lord Chief Justice in London . |
| 7 | We expected people to just come and go , but most did n't — they had a great get together . ’ |
| 8 | We expect inflation to be higher as a result of the pound 's fall , which threatens to erode the initial competitiveness benefit as UK prices rise faster than those elsewhere and the real exchange rate rises again . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , we expect communication to be verbalised , and preferably in English ! |
| 10 | We expect Jesus to be in the right place at the right time , therefore his choosing of male apostles was quite deliberate , which must have theological significance and definite implications for the ministry today . |
| 11 | We expect surgeries to be open certain hours , and for you to undertake certain preventative health measures for all your patients whether they normally come to the surgery or not . |
| 12 | One expects Salzburg to be uncontaminated and clean " . |
| 13 | One expects durability to be a hallmark of highly specific assets . |
| 14 | Fundamentalists believe so totally in the reality of their message and of the Jesus they preach that they expect lives to be touched and changed . |
| 15 | Management say they expect cargoes to be handled normally pending any national decision by the Transport and General Workers Union . |
| 16 | Yet customers walk through an entrance with 24ft stone pillars to reach our bar and they expect prices to be high in such an environment . ’ |
| 17 | Significantly , the greeting trill is normally done when they are on the move , usually when they have come in from outside and are about to move off towards the place where they expect food to be waiting . |
| 18 | ‘ They expect servants to be invisible , but they expect the work to be done all the same , ’ put in Ethel . |
| 19 | A staggering 52% — mostly females — said they expect rates to be higher in 12 months ' time with a consequent knock-on effect on mortgages . |
| 20 | Tin is a metal and somehow everybody expects metals to be strong . |
| 21 | He expected Caterina to be there to tell him that Rosalba absolutely refused to meet him in such compromising circumstances and considered him a blackguard and a monster even to suggest such an assignation . |
| 22 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects TASM to be in service ; and where they will be based . |