Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [pron] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ These two ventures , along with the expected announcement of first gas from one of our recent discoveries in Colombia , are just the first of many exciting projects we expect to see come to fruition over the next year or so , ’ Chris told Pipeline . |
| 2 | And the erm ni the , the , the capsules and the er Nitrous Albide I expect are the ones he 's going to change though the problem is exactly what to . |
| 3 | Well I mean we can always unmake it presumably cos next week it will be , it 'll be different time I expect wo n't it ? |
| 4 | If his Majesty declines the offer , it will come in handy for some civic dinner I expect . ’ |
| 5 | Because social anthropologists take it for granted ( sometimes mistakenly ) that the distinction between true-kin and affines is of absolutely central importance they expect to find that the behaviour that is appropriate between affines will be a kind of coded inversion of the behaviour that is appropriate between true-kin . |
| 6 | From an early age I expected them to do things for themselves , and sometimes for me , and when they snivelled about their friends having kind and conscientious mothers who changed their sheets and made fruit pies , I said ‘ Some day , when you 're at Sunderland Polytechnic and living by your wits , you 'll thank me . ’ |
| 7 | Instead of the evil-looking robber they expected to see , the two ladies found only a pale , thin child , lying peacefully asleep . |
| 8 | An apotheosis of ‘ states of mind ’ is established by the gifted editor from whose versatile quill we expect much ; and ‘ expect ’ , we learn to our delight , is itself a ‘ state of mind ’ . |
| 9 | Our development of complex beer flavour concentrates ensures that wherever Guinness stout is brewed in the world , consumers will enjoy the consistent taste they expect from Guinness . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Clearly it was done at Oliver 's invitation and Rain would normally have welcomed company ; but in her glum mood she expected Oliver would flirt with Linda , and Linda would be amused at Rain 's expense , and it would be quite impossible to spoil their fun by mentioning that Oliver was leaving Kington Square . |
| 12 | In my warm , sleepy contentment I expected it to be Toby , the Toby of before . |
| 13 | I agree that it is self-evident that any viable human society which expects to perpetuate itself through procreation ( rather than through some other form of recruitment ) must institutionalize some means of creating an environment in which children may be reared . |
| 14 | But I was comforted to discover that these highways are antiquities , built by some unfortunate landowner who expected a visit from the king . |
| 15 | Thus , we can not give the reassuring answer one expects from theories . |
| 16 | Moreover , in the national survey , almost 60% of those who responded did not expect to take part in further training and only 8% identified specific topics they expected to cover in the future . |
| 17 | In his thriving shop he expected only specialist collectors to be interested but he is surprised and delighted to find that 95% of the customers buy on aesthetic appeal . |
| 18 | Since he really was a very competent chemist I expect it did . |
| 19 | Anyway , we 'll take a cab , it 'll be a long night I expect . |
| 20 | Election Focus : Labour Boyo Tactics James Langton watches the remarkable transformation of Neil the Wild Man of the Valleys into Kinnock the Man You Can Trust , a figure of international standing who expects the key to Number 10 |
| 21 | Long lease I expect . |
| 22 | In a long poem we expect to find breathing-spaces interspersed between the more important sections of the poem ; in The Prelude the real matter is the philosophy , and the narrative passages , as can be clearly seen here , are illustrations of it . |
| 23 | Erm so anything to do with minus one , or negative numbers you expect weird |
| 24 | Fault-tolerant Unix system builder , Sequoia Systems Inc , is going after the health care market in collaboration with its partner — Hewlett-Packard — and DataTree and Greystone Technology as the first of several vertical sectors it expects to pursue . |
| 25 | said : ‘ We are audited on a regular basis by the major pharmaceutical companies who expect us to match FDA standards . |
| 26 | One of the most important changes I expect to see after the revolution is in the situation of children . |
| 27 | But instead of the frowning anger she expected , his face lit up with pleasure . |
| 28 | Addressing the Assembly , Yeltsin said that at the forthcoming Congress he expected an attempt to retreat from reforms . |
| 29 | The five-year MEng honours degree course is for particularly able students who expect to assume responsible positions in industry immediately after graduation . |
| 30 | Samantha sank on to her bed to show the helpless state she expected to be in by the evening . |