Example sentences of "[adv] expect [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soviet leaders have given no indication , moreover , that they are prepared to abandon the PDPA and apparently expect its apparatus to be retained in post-settlement Afghanistan even if its role is reduced and its monopoly of power relinquished . |
| 2 | Blufton 's eyes glittered with irritation : he had obviously expected his revelation to be treated with respect . |
| 3 | The management will obviously expect their reception staff to sell the higher priced accommodation whenever possible , but it must be borne in mind that the interests of the client must come first , for a happy satisfied guest will return and spread goodwill . |
| 4 | Consequently , some horses will go down in the paddock and eat more grass , others will walk or canter up and down the fence endlessly expecting their food , while others will call , ‘ I want my dinner ! ’ , or strike at their stable doors , or paw at the fencing . |
| 5 | It was evasive about why IBM Corp and Hewlett-Packard did n't show up as licensees but it 's obviously expecting their announcements by and by . |
| 6 | Owners of domestic dogs do not normally expect their pets to be out hunting prey , bringing it down and killing it , in the same fashion as their wild cousins — the wolf on the Arctic Tundra or the Cape hunting dog of the African Serengeti . |
| 7 | Many parents still expected their sons to have a ‘ sound ’ mathematics education and I 'm sure the idea of playing with bits of coloured paper and Sellotape instead of doing ‘ proper ’ maths like they had to , would have horrified some of our parents . |
| 8 | Kate had been half aware that the TV cameras were around , but she 'd hardly expected their wedding to be tacked on to the end of the nine o'clock news . |
| 9 | " I hate to cut you short , " said Richard from the hatch , " it 's only that I can hardly expect my staff to be in time if I 'm late myself . " |
| 10 | " You could hardly expect my people , weak and hungry as they are , to carry them all the way from King Darzin 's garden . |
| 11 | Nothing was said about his next move , except that he could hardly expect his sister to take him in now , and that he was unwilling , under any circumstances , to move to Purley . |
| 12 | Large practices are more and more expecting their solicitors to do their own advocacy , and not instruct counsel . |
| 13 | Hulme scored twice in a handsome win and confidently expected his leave to be granted . |
| 14 | Figure 16–3 implies that cutting income tax rates may eliminate some of the deadweight burden of distortionary taxation , but governments should probably expect their tax revenue to decline if such policies are put into effect . |
| 15 | The awful discovery that she 'd missed her last period and that , following their night of love and passion she was now probably expecting his baby was making Ross 's silence almost unbearably hard to accept . |
| 16 | Warehouse worker Neil Tattersall was facing a miserable Yuletide after he split up with his girlfriend , who was also expecting his baby . |
| 17 | After this , we might fairly expect our journey to have led us to some certainties about the language . |
| 18 | Men confused by some of the changes in women 's own expectations of marriage have found it hard to adjust to a wife who now expects her husband to be a thoughtful and technically competent lover , a housefather and a co-counsellor . |
| 19 | Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH says that it now expects its subscriber base to reach 200,000 next month , ahead of plan , but still expects the level to be between 300,000 and 350,000 by year-end ; it is still looking for profits in 1994-95 . |
| 20 | Having fully expected his son to return without making any additional stops , Leopold was again let down . |
| 21 | Sweet soullet 's in , and there expect their coming . |
| 22 | We throw out any stale crumbs for the birds , and yet we sometimes expect our lives to stay the same and always remain satisfying . |
| 23 | Scriptwriter Tony Warren never expected his creation , played by William Roache , to last for more than a few years . |
| 24 | It had been no hardship to sit and talk horses with her by the hour but he certainly had never expected his friendship to be so handsomely rewarded . |
| 25 | How else could it seriously expect my custom ? |
| 26 | You should not therefore expect your appointment to extend beyond the period referred to above . |