Example sentences of "[be] [adv] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the Welsh Office says : ‘ Hospitals have the option to seek self-governing status , but we are not expecting many applications . ’ |
| 2 | General Accident are not expecting any additional claims activity as a result of the flooding in the Mid-West , the insurance costs of which are being handled under the US Government 's National Flood Insurance Programme . |
| 3 | Tranmere are not expecting any dramatic changes this time round , 12 months on after the massive upheaval that launched a new set-up last season . |
| 4 | They are not expecting special dispensation and that is why so many of the Lourdes pilgrimages are undertaken by genuine pilgrims who may not be able to throw away their crutches at the end but will find new strength from their visit . |
| 5 | Their plans for No 11 confirm that the couple are not expecting imminent eviction . |
| 6 | Bernard Moing , Univel 's regional marketing manager for Europe says , ‘ we 're not expecting any returns on UnixWare until the first quarter of 1993 , and then the take up will be limited for a further period . ’ |
| 7 | And when you 're least expecting those friends or the hungry grandchildren to call round , the Apex will prove most resourceful . |
| 8 | You do n't see many like that , I 'm not expecting that again . |
| 9 | I 'm not expecting any deliveries . ’ |
| 10 | Weekend press comment about the fragility of the recovery meant they were not expecting good news . |
| 11 | Kintsch and Bates ( 1977 ) tested students on their memory for classroom lectures several days after the lecture , when the students were not expecting such a test . |
| 12 | It was as if he were always expecting bad news to be relayed to him . |
| 13 | ‘ We were n't expecting this but we have been campaigning to get rid of the car tax for 20 years . |
| 14 | ‘ But I can see you were n't expecting this . ’ |
| 15 | Before leaving Britain we 'd learnt that the hike up to Mount Kenya 's ‘ walkers summit ’ , Point Lenana , was not too demanding , and that the climbing route up to the twin summits of Batian and Nelion was graded mainly Diff , with a few patches of Severe , so we were n't expecting any technical problems . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , you were n't to expect that . ’ |
| 17 | Like , if he takes you to some crap trattoria , he 's only expecting half an hour of the missionary position . |
| 18 | Larder , who has given the captaincy to tough utility forward Paul Hulme , is also expecting great things from giant Welsh second rower Paul Moriarty . |
| 19 | Tower Hamlets ' GP Sue Anderson is also expecting massive problems due to the government 's formula for allocating funds to local authorities . |
| 20 | Evans & Sutherland is also expected this week to announce similar OGI-compliant graphics software aimed at the high-end graphics market . |
| 21 | The market is now expecting pre-tax profits to emerge at about £70m this year , a far cry from the £138m taxable profits reported in 1988 . |
| 22 | I was not expecting any of you . ’ |
| 23 | He was not expecting this display of outright defiance . |
| 24 | Earlier this week the management was confidently expecting firm production orders within a matter of days . |
| 25 | It was also expected that government spending would be cut by 10 per cent , that state companies would be privatized and that sales taxes would be increased . |
| 26 | Maude 's telegram from the Queen was also expected this morning at Trees Park Village , near Middleton St George , where she has lived for the last seven years . |
| 27 | He was n't expecting much to have come in during his absence but if nothing else there should be something from the foreign residents department at the Questura . |
| 28 | He was n't expecting that . |
| 29 | I was n't expecting that . |
| 30 | Oh that 's a bit political Rachael is n't it a bit political I was n't expecting that |