Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 But I expect many others to work on them after me and analyse them in their turn .
2 I expect many mothers have had the experience of standing at the sink washing and re-washing dishes because a teenage son or daughter is standing in the kitchen talking about something important , and once the dish-washing is over , he or she will go away .
3 TECs will have responsibility for the initiative , and I expect many bids .
4 I expect most women of your age have had lovers ; not so many would admit it . ’
5 Since their work on cats had conditioned them to expect all parts of the visual cortex to contain orientation selective cells this oversight is , perhaps , understandable .
6 ‘ We are going to Liverpool at just the right time and there 's no reason for them to expect any favours from us . ’
7 You expect such tactics with cars nearing the end of their life , not with models just months old .
8 It is a tough game , you expect these things .
9 Secretary or even Chairman before you expect these distinctions .
10 You expect most candidates to make you offers and promises — that would be the old way .
11 Instead for many , many years there has been in Channel 4 a culture , which allowed you to expect these matters to be dealt with properly , without being made to feel that you were being perverse in raising the issue yet again or that you were making a point or a special case .
12 We expect all horses that are well looked after to be cheerful , but like people , some display it more than others .
13 We expect all parents to support our aims fully and to uphold our Catholic ethos .
14 It 's a wonderful place to work , and we expect more surprises . ’
15 I confirm that there is still time for organisations to respond to our proposals and we expect more representations during the consultation period .
16 Hence , if the neutral theory is true , we expect those proteins with the most complex and precise functions to evolve slowest .
17 In the case of major company resources it is fair to say that the very large companies invest millions in their computer systems and they expect these systems to have a life span of at least a decade .
18 Bolger took office on Oct. 28 and announced his new 18-member Cabinet on Nov. 1 , using the occasion to stress that he expected all Ministers to observe the tradition of collective responsibility .
19 After a meeting with umpires Steve Randell and Terry Prue , Subba Row said in a statement that he expected all players to adhere to proper standards of behaviour .
20 It said 1,200 of the 1,700 employees that left during the quarter did so after voluntarily accepting severance packages , and it expects more departures as the job-cutting programme spreads to new countries .
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