Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect [num] of " in BNC.
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1 | At any moment I expected one of the masters , placed at strategic intervals to stop a guy taking short cuts or lighting up a Havana cigar , to leap out from a place of concealment , brandishing The Times and bellowing , ‘ Come on , Britton ! |
2 | I expect one of the old ladies was up there and dropped a fag end or something , and just forgot it . |
3 | , I expect one of those will be alright , were they stripy ones we saw the other day ? |
4 | And we expect hundreds of people queueing today in person . ’ |
5 | ‘ We expect thousands of people will turn up for this rave , which has been organised and advertised without the school 's knowledge . |