Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [pron] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | your dad 'll wan na look through them I expect when he gets back . |
| 2 | looking about as though for somebody she expected to see . |
| 3 | At an OEEC Council meeting , Harold Macmillan , then Chancellor of the Exchequer , is reputed to have said that he had become aware of some archaeological excavations at Messina about which he expected to hear no more . |
| 4 | Failure to do so will mean that your efforts in negotiating long-term security of tenure might be in vain , as you could eventually find the shareholders deciding to bring your contract to a premature end and discover that you are unable to claim compensation for the full period during which you expected to work . |
| 5 | The mother of somebody I expect . |
| 6 | Friends and colleagues , most of you I expect are experiencing heavy increases in house and car insurance . |
| 7 | She did n't ask the question idly , but with the authority of one who expected to be kept informed of everything happening on the island . |
| 8 | Ten times the price of ours I expect . |
| 9 | ‘ The figures are well in excess of what we expected . |
| 10 | And they rang up , and they said were sending you a list of what we expect to be available in the way of food at Christmas because we always have the same thing . |
| 11 | He writes that he was determined to exclude ‘ voyages , naval battles , shipboard life , fishing ’ and most of what one expects in nautical yarns . |
| 12 | The theories are based upon individuals ' perception of what they expect out of work and recognise that individuals place different values on rewards and the effort that they have to expend in order to achieve those rewards . |
| 13 | The private sector will have an incentive to form an estimate of this policy rule and use the resultant knowledge to arrive at their subjective estimate of what they expect the money supply will be in period . |
| 14 | I 've done too much of what you expected already . |
| 15 | Now make another table of what you expect from your house , and award points from one to ten in the same way : |
| 16 | Draw a sketch plan of what you expect the finished shop to look like . |
| 17 | The most important aspect of scanning is that you must have a clear picture of what you expect to see on each instrument . |
| 18 | I was only asking for confirmation of what I expected . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , Connie , ’ said Brian , as one who expected as much : he wanted to say that these characters of whom his stepdaughter spoke contributed nothing valuable to society , but was unprepared to defend the ethics and value of advertising in a market economy to a girl who was incapable of grasping the subtleties of an argument . |
| 20 | They 've been inundated with them I expect |
| 21 | Well I do n't think , I do n't know , somebody will stay at the hotel with you I expect . |
| 22 | And he always seemed to slip into it I expect . |
| 23 | The development of the inter-bank market enabled banks to lend for specified periods of time , repayment to coincide with what they expected to be periods of shortage . |
| 24 | And what is true for you would be true for every other supplier : they too will supply more than the natural level if the price on their island is above what they expected the average price to be , and less if it is below . |
| 25 | Still , we were hopeful of the future of the still young department , when the decision was made to seek CNAA validation for the courses offered by the College , and we prepared to rewrite ours to take account of our experience , and to justify our intentions more fully than we had had to do before to critics from whom we expected scepticism rather than sympathy . |
| 26 | With their conveniences and their pleasant facades , the two cottages justify her affirmation , which exactly echoes Loudon 's own conviction , that ‘ Life in cottages might be happier than ours , if they were real houses fit for human beings from whom we expect duties and affections . ’ |
| 27 | The words , spoken in a high , rather forced voice , had the repressive authority of a nurse-receptionist greeting a patient from whom she expects nothing but trouble . |
| 28 | John always remained very concerned about the designing of his own ballets but was never specifically credited with responsibility for their designs , preferring to collaborate with an artist to whom he could explain his ideas and from whom he expected further ideas to enhance the final outcome . |
| 29 | Newley occasionally went there with clients from whom he expected rich pickings . |
| 30 | Disgraceful accusations were made by Opposition Members , including , I regret to say , the Chairman of the Select Committee on Employment , the hon. Member for Newham , North-East ( Mr. Leighton ) , from whom I expected better . |