Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | If his Majesty declines the offer , it will come in handy for some civic dinner I expect . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | Instead of the evil-looking robber they expected to see , the two ladies found only a pale , thin child , lying peacefully asleep . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In my warm , sleepy contentment I expected it to be Toby , the Toby of before . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Since he really was a very competent chemist I expect it did . |
| 14 | Anyway , we 'll take a cab , it 'll be a long night I expect . |
| 15 | Long lease I expect . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But instead of the frowning anger she expected , his face lit up with pleasure . |
| 18 | Addressing the Assembly , Yeltsin said that at the forthcoming Congress he expected an attempt to retreat from reforms . |
| 19 | Samantha sank on to her bed to show the helpless state she expected to be in by the evening . |
| 20 | One was a small café that sold pizza and chips for less than the small fortune we expected , and served by a girl friendlier than we could have hoped for . |
| 21 | ‘ Comes of having a mathematical mind I expect , ’ observed Milton . |
| 22 | He looked at her in silence for several long moments , but instead of denying the accusation he said , ‘ As my acting hostess I expect you to know what they 're like , otherwise it will be impossible for you to explain that honeymooners expecting luxury suites with king-sized beds will have to settle for a roll in the hay . ’ |
| 23 | But instead of the greed-crazed madman he expected , he found himself looking into the round red face of a Sergeant of the Watch . |
| 24 | Simple : the atomic reaction you expect is n't taking place , the beam with which you are bombarding the particles is on the wrong wavelength . |
| 25 | We just clear them on to the runway and tell them what other traffic we expect . |
| 26 | Go down the other end I expect . |
| 27 | To ask the Prime Minister in what financial year he expects to balance the budget between Government expenditure and revenue received . |
| 28 | Normal time I expect . |
| 29 | Always ready to look on the bright side she expected that the remission would last for a long time , and there was a conspiracy between Maureen and her mother to conceal Julia 's suffering from her . |
| 30 | In the near future we expect to recruit an Asia Pacific representative who will enable us to expand further in this region . |