Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was a bit blue , and being blue always makes me satirical , so I expect the odd unfair jest might have escaped my lips . |
| 2 | His excuse was forgetfulness but I expect the real reason was lack of funds . |
| 3 | In my union branch , as in many others , I expect the best activists to be voting Labour . |
| 4 | I 'm paying top dollar and I expect the best . |
| 5 | I expect the young novelist ( it seems unfair to give his name ) was thinking of the ‘ first , suppressed edition ’ of Les Fleurs du mal . |
| 6 | I expect the other sort have a ball — like Bella , ’ she added unkindly . |
| 7 | No , the estate agent reckons it 'll be converted into flats , so I expect the new owner 's going to want you out . |
| 8 | I expect the poor soul took the will for the deed , if you 'll excuse a weak joke . |
| 9 | er perhaps Tom himself was erm not really concentrating very much but I know when we came back after the Christmas Day , the Boxing Day that is , erm , Tom was quite oblivious as to what had gone on on the Chr on the Christmas Eve , so I remember we c we put our heads together and erm came to erm some arrangement as to who should be invited for this next tractor course and nothing was ever said so I expect the right people went after all but erm it 's funny how when he was |
| 10 | That is absolute rubbish and I expect the right hon. Member for Sparkbrook to condemn it as such . |
| 11 | I expect the Scottish Transport Group , before reaching a decision on assistance , to see what it could do to encourage any separate teams to come together to mount a single bid . |
| 12 | I 've refused work , and I expect the same loyalty from Enya , even if she married Phil Spector tomorrow ! |
| 13 | The Prime Minister was heard in silence , and I expect the same courtesy to be extended to the Leader of the Opposition . |
| 14 | Well I expect the whole thing needs washing does n't it ? |
| 15 | She expected the thin , whippy shaft to cut viciously into her flesh , but instead only the soft leather flap landed on her hand . |
| 16 | I would suggest to you colleagues , it 's because the , your expectations and those of the , er , the other erm , stake holders involved in the other agencies about joint planning depends on what you expect the joint structures to carry . |
| 17 | Draw a sketch plan of what you expect the finished shop to look like . |
| 18 | But the first time the breadhead says it , you expect the worst : he 'll ask you to thieve , to sell your body , to start a life of crime . |
| 19 | Or do you expect the poor beast to get off and skip round on its own for you ? ’ |
| 20 | 2 What do you expect the retail price to be ? $399 was suggested for the 4000 , I think , of which you said $240 would be your net receipts . |
| 21 | Were you expecting the royal yacht Britannia , complete with resident crew ? ’ |
| 22 | From the considerations of Chapter 15 , we expect the quantitative formulation of the relative importance of inertia and buoyancy forces to be made in terms of some form of the Froude number ( eqn ( 15.7 ) ) . |
| 23 | ‘ All in all , we expect the new Ki-Maasai Bible to serve in excess of one million people ’ , he said . |
| 24 | We expect the Islamic nation to support us in our latest struggle which we are carrying out in order to preserve the interests of the whole Islamic world . |
| 25 | We expect the final PPG Note to be compatible with existing guidance . |
| 26 | It is then that we expect the best group from Southern Africa to be there , including the Homeland leaders . |
| 27 | To cultivate awareness of fact one goes to the sciences , of sensation and emotion to the arts ; and we expect the latter , in sharpest contrast with the former , also to give pleasure . |
| 28 | The Dutch version is selling well and we expect the German version to do even better . ’ |
| 29 | We expect the underlying pricing structure to remain rather similar when the electricity industry is privatized , but closely regulated , in the early 1990s . ) |
| 30 | Certainly we expect the biggest increase to be in long-haul carriage . |