Example sentences of "[conj] i expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not mean by this that I expect managers to cry , or to clasp one another like footballers after a goal has been won . |
| 2 | Auntie Nellie only came to visit on special occasions so I expect Dad must have written to invite her to the wedding . |
| 3 | His share was a good quarter of the capital provided for the voyage , so I expect returns . ’ |
| 4 | They had been defiled , and I expected punishment . |
| 5 | Whenever we went there , Salvo and I expected Hasan 's ghost to leap out of the darkness and slit our throats with his dagger . |
| 6 | I say borrow but the cash was never refunded and I expect Dad thought it was a cheap way to get rid of him . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | Our business is budgeted to expand by 25 per cent in 1993 and I expect trading conditions to improve as buyers appreciate current values and the affordability of our new homes . |
| 9 | ‘ The vicar and his wife , of course , ’ she was saying , ‘ and I expect Penelope will come too . |
| 10 | ‘ Lee Clark certainly has the potential to score a lot of goals and I expect people like Brian Kilcline to hit some from set pieces . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Jim Mangold will be feeding them now , ’ said Daisy Pettigrew comfortingly , ‘ and I expect Faustina will be getting her share . |
| 12 | Well I think we 'd better leave them just to do what they like , cos I expect Gwen wants to get on with her dinner now . |
| 13 | How this applies to the crew as well I do n't know but I expect Vic 's got some theory to cover it . |
| 14 | ‘ But I expect Thorkel and Hlodver and Odalric to stay where they are and look after my interests until I tell them otherwise . ’ |
| 15 | But I expect Miss Prentisse told you about it . |
| 16 | After all , football left leather behind long ago , but I expect cricketers will be up in arms about this suggestion . |
| 17 | ‘ But I expect Elinor feels that as your friend is eighty-seven , she probably should n't be travelling alone . ’ |
| 18 | Welll Cabinet 's are always under strain it 's in the nature of poltics , but I expect John Patten to be back at work within the course of this month , he 's just gone on holidasy when he returns he 's going back to the office . |