Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [pron] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have found much more concern with status in industry than I expected — it 's just not so easy to identify for a newcomer . |
| 2 | Over a crackling line from a studio in Boston , David is enthusing about Gigolo Aunts ' album recording sessions : ‘ It 's a lot more rock than we expected , ’ he chortles , with nary a hint of apology . |
| 3 | We , also , have to be able to goto Blackburn and come away with a result if we expect to advance in the Cup any further than the 4th round . |
| 4 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to make a decision relating to West Yorkshire police authority 's application for a £3.6 million grant from the urban crime fund . |
| 5 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects exports to reach the same level as imports . |
| 6 | But while South Africa cruised home with a day to spare to go 1-0 up in the four-match series , it was more of a struggle than they expected after India began the fourth day at 71-6 , just eight runs ahead . |
| 7 | It was a longer climb than she expected . |
| 8 | The scene of life , Bransby ’ , continued he , ‘ is drawing to a close : although my career has been a most happy one , I feel much less regret than I expected in leaving it , for I have full confidence in the mercy of God . ’ |
| 9 | There is always more work than you expect is n't there ? |
| 10 | We are looking for it to have a reasonable rally this summer and we are positive about the dollar so we expect to make money out of currency as well . ’ |
| 11 | To ask the Lord President of the Council when he expects results from the feasibility study on refreshment facilities for visitors to the House . |
| 12 | There 's so much we 've had to pay out so much erm you 've had to pay out so much on , on more mortgage than you expected . |
| 13 | ‘ You 've got a much bigger nose than I expected , Michael , ’ he said . |
| 14 | You 'll have a softer landing than you expect — indeed , you 'll find you do n't need what you wanted so desperately ! |
| 15 | The operating philosophy set them by founder is as potent today as it was then : ‘ You must perfect every fundamental of your business if you expect it to perform well . ’ |
| 16 | International investors continued to switch their money out of sterling because they expect the Government to slash interest rates . |
| 17 | After you 'd had this erm punishment ere you expected to go back to your lessons straight away , how long did it hurt , did your hands |
| 18 | Our normal response is to look for a comparatively minor adjustment near the periphery ; if we can not see the cake when we expected to we would normally suppose , perhaps , that someone has eaten it , rather than that cakes now have a tendency to dematerialize . |
| 19 | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the higher standards of residual stability recommended by the steering committee of the roll on/roll off ferry safety research programme to be applied to all roll on/roll off ferries using British ports . |
| 20 | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects work to commence on upgrading the A12 Chelmsford bypass from a two-lane to a three-lane road . |
| 21 | Well that 's , that 's fine you 've got to start with the easy ones and at your age you would n't , you would n't normally be doing them this hard at all , this is for sixteen year olds who are doing their , their plot paper on G C S E maths so you expect to find , oh hang on this is a bit hard there 's a bit of work in this , but I think you 're capable of doing it . |
| 22 | Selling on is an attitude of mind , an attitude whereby you do your customers a favour by selling them more than they ask for , and often at a better price than they expected . |
| 23 | the tube station cos I expected him to spring out |
| 24 | HOT-BLOODED men beating a path to the Liverpool Playhouse for the return of the Raving Beauties are in for a shock if they expect Paula Wilcox to reveal all in the adults only show . |
| 25 | It was the day before we expected to see Treasure Island . |
| 26 | The first is the classic bitmap graphic output when you expected a beautifully drawn diagram . |
| 27 | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to have available ( a ) information on the United Kingdom gross domestic product per head in 1991 and ( b ) comparable information for the other member states of the European Community . |
| 28 | They 've been living for the last ten years in an environment where they expect there to be a high level of occult activity in society . |
| 29 | I must be getting tired : Anya 's binding spell has packed more of a punch than I expected . |
| 30 | But police in Foxboro , Massa-chusetts , said there was less trouble than they expected from the 50,000 crowd . |