Example sentences of "[pron] expect [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end everyone expected a return on love , demanded a rebate of gratitude or respect . |
| 2 | Nearly 30 millimetres of rain was recorded.Flood warnings had been issued … but no-one expected the river to rise so quickly … surging 10 feet above normal levels . |
| 3 | Well I 'd no room in this shop , there was no erm anywhere to store them expect the man just here see , where the g where they used to keep his car . |
| 4 | I expected a fanfare to greet me , or at least for Tony to fall to his knees in admiration . |
| 5 | I expected a struggle to keep up with the hearse ; instead , its response surprised me . |
| 6 | I expected a hanging , at least . ’ |
| 7 | I would begin Spanish now just to reassure myself that I expected a future in which I could pick up past threads . |
| 8 | I expected a slap but Mrs Bullivant just stepped over us saying she 'd be back later , after she 'd attended Mrs Groves who was having her first . |
| 9 | I expected a reply somewhat like that . |
| 10 | Because of this background , I expected a book called Feminism for Beginners to explain why all this happened when it did . |
| 11 | I knelt at once to pray and prayed most dutifully till morning when I expected a letter telling me Oreste had been taken . |
| 12 | At £17.50 a ticket , I expected the band to come on for a bit longer or were they all dashing off to see Lady Chatterley too ? |
| 13 | And she thumped the cake down so hard in front of me that I expected the plate to shatter . |
| 14 | With 33% of Britons likely to get cancer and with cancer being the fear it is , I expected the queue to stretch to Weston-super-Mare and beyond . |
| 15 | As far as I 'm concerned , the residents come first ; and I expect every member of staff to understand that , right through from helping them get up in the morning to taking someone off to bingo if she wants to go . |
| 16 | As any Boy Scout could tell you , this means : ‘ I expect a return . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ And you think I expect a return ? ’ |
| 18 | I expect a windfall of treesnakes and insects |
| 19 | As for me , the things I expect a computer to do have advanced somewhat . |
| 20 | Suppose that I expect a colleague to give me a lift home this evening , but that her car has a flat battery ; this wo n't stop us , however , because a friend 's car is parked conveniently near with some jump leads which we can use to get her car to start . |
| 21 | You see , I expect a lot of Labour voters will spoil their ballot papers by writing ‘ F … ing Tory ’ next to my name . |
| 22 | Yet the aim is for individuals on both sides to come together and explore , ex tempore , mutual areas of interest in the conference venue , the Glasgow Hilton , ( ’ I expect a lot of the business to be done in the corridors ’ , said Howell ) or at the Computer Solutions Show which runs simultaneously at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre . |
| 23 | I expect a letter , she thought . |
| 24 | I I expect a letter from |
| 25 | I expect a letter from her saying how nice that belch was and what what perfect notational quality it was . |
| 26 | I expect the draper made an extra ⅛ penny on each transaction , not a fortune but could lead to one in a lifetime of trading . |
| 27 | I 'm I 'm sorry Councillor Wyle , I expect the courtesy towards the Chair , and I am now summing up , so please be quiet . |
| 28 | In cases of long standing chronic disease I expect the patient to start feeling better within a day or two and certainly would n't continue with a remedy if there was no improvement after a week . |
| 29 | That is a beginning , but I expect the insurance industry to do much more in helping to reduce car crime . |
| 30 | As the economy recovers and the unfavourable short-term effects of the fall in the exchange rate feed through , I expect the deficit to widen this year to £17.5 billion . ’ |