Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Wednesday is Fantasy day in the Torygraph so I expect the details to be in there again next week , as nothing more will have happened by then fantasy-wise cos there are no Premiership games . |
| 32 | ‘ Nevertheless , conditions in certain markets of importance to Volex give grounds for optimism and I expect the Group to make further progress in the current year . ’ |
| 33 | Once the Scottish Office commence their national publicity for Council Tax at the end of September I expect the number of enquiries , including enquiries about Banding , to increase dramatically . |
| 34 | ‘ I expect the flak . |
| 35 | I expect the Establishment Division refused to supply her with a tape-recorder ( and for good reason , one might think ) , so she 's brought one of her children 's instead . |
| 36 | I expect the oven 's turned off . |
| 37 | ‘ I expect the humans are wondering who 's causing all this trouble . ’ |
| 38 | I expect the staff watch when they 're bored . |
| 39 | Palled by the bleak , dusty nooks of outer Dublin ( my mother told me once that eventually , in some parts , all cities look like Brooklyn , and I 'm beginning to see her point ) , I expect the hospital to be yet a stranger place . |
| 40 | Ask what do I expect the nurses to do at the end of the workshop . |
| 41 | How far can I expect the audience to share the desired meaning of the work ? |
| 42 | The traffic going to Mr McGiffert 's shopping complex did not wreak havoc on the Ringdufferin Road , nor would I expect the traffic going to the golf course to do so . |
| 43 | At every moment she expected the girl behind the desk to call her back : ‘ Hey , you ! ’ and question her right to be here . |
| 44 | After her electrifying performance as an obsessive fan who helps Robert De Niro kidnap a talk show host in Martin Scorsese 's 1982 King Of Comedy , she has admitted she expected the phone to ring . |
| 45 | She scraped her chair away from her desk and stared at it as if she expected the spider to jump through the lid . |
| 46 | She expected the receiver to be replaced . |
| 47 | Her prophetic framework was based largely on the writings of Thomas Brightman [ q.v. ] and John Archer ; she expected the conversion and restoration of the Jews in 1656 , and the full establishment of Christ 's kingdom by 1701 . |
| 48 | She was a nice girl and she expected the ring . |
| 49 | As she expected the children had vanished perhaps into the trees . |
| 50 | So you expected the King ? ’ |
| 51 | You should tell him what you expect the equipment to do and the duty cycle or period involved . |
| 52 | — Before you switch on , spend a few minutes thinking about what you expect the programme to be about . |
| 53 | You expect the bank to get it right . |
| 54 | You expect the servants to nick the silver , not the guests . ’ |
| 55 | You expect the attendants to look like Peter Cushing . |
| 56 | This is a meandering , innocent instrumental structured so that , at any moment , you expect the vocals to drop in and the ‘ song ’ -proper to begin , but you know it never needs to . |
| 57 | Yes but you expect the value in it |
| 58 | I mean , with forays abroad , I dare say , but would you expect the rest of life to be spent in Scotland , or based in Scotland ? |
| 59 | Would you expect the devil to be subsidised by heaven ? ’ |
| 60 | Would you expect the devil to be subsidised by heaven ? ’ |