Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , Dr Blake , I expect one-hundred-per-cent support from every member of this team . ’ |
| 2 | Er , and I expect that margin to continue rising and be much higher again next year , so the medicine is working there . |
| 3 | I expect that lot belonged to her late husband . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I expect that business is involved , ’ he said . |
| 5 | ‘ I expect underlying inflation to be 3.75 per cent at the end of this year , close to the top of its target range . |
| 6 | ‘ Whenever I stand in the middle of a big field , ’ she said , ‘ I expect some harpy to come flying at me with a hockey stick . |
| 7 | ‘ I expect another visit this night , ’ he reported to General Cope , ‘ but I shall give them the warmest reception my weak party can afford . ’ |
| 8 | I expect next week to be your last chance to register before the shut-off date . |
| 9 | I expect next week when she 's six till two , it 's easier in n it ? |
| 10 | If I give a hitcher a lift I expect social interaction and ca n't abide the ones that use me like a bus service , mute to the point of rudeness . |
| 11 | As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year . |
| 12 | If you expect that child is going to do a fantastic job on that painting then that encouragement and confidence is coming across . |
| 13 | Hills cut him from 10-1 to 6-1 , prompting their representative , Don Payne , to comment : ‘ You expect big market moves before races like this , but I 've never seen anything on this scale . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You expect more press interest even after the conference ? |
| 15 | If you expect heavy use of Offline ( which will be particularly the case if you are not using the Module Version Deletion facility ) , you should probably increase this parameter before running CREFDL . |
| 16 | Tension is also created when we expect one thing , and something else , quite different , occurs . |
| 17 | Not only that but we expect that reward to be a fair and just one . |
| 18 | As the contraction programmes already announced take effect , we expect that employee numbers will continue to fall . |
| 19 | If we work extra hard for our employers we expect some kind of reward in return . |
| 20 | We expect some account of Sicilian civilization and resources , some description of the fortifications of Syracuse , the temples ( an index of prosperity ) of Akragas , or the revenues derived from the subjugated interior ; something , in fact , like Herodotus book ii , about Egypt , which introduced the invasion by the Persian king Kambyses . |
| 21 | ‘ We 're now asking them to accept a revised model and we expect some opposition . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ A number of distinguished engineers have been Whitworth Scholars , and we expect this year 's award winners to be high achievers in their subsequent careers , ’ he said . |
| 23 | How do you know whether anything has been a success , or whether you 're doing anything right , unless you ask , and we expect this rationale to follow through into our community investment programme . |
| 24 | We expect this exhibition to be of particular interest to sports administrators and physiotherapists . |
| 25 | We expect British Rail to give urgent consideration to the timing of the placement of that order . |
| 26 | Every year , we expect public service standards to be ratcheted up . |
| 27 | We expect further guidance will be necessary in relation to the treatment of surpluses in pension funds , though recently considerable uncertainties have arisen in this area about the cost of pension provision as a result of the European Court judgment , often referred to as the ‘ Barber Case ’ . |
| 28 | Here they expect that coal will be available nearby for long into the future . |
| 29 | His bosses , the directors , say they look forward to next year , when they expect new business to increase . |
| 30 | They expect good law that makes sense for business and they expect it to be applied uniformly across the Community , both by implementation and by proper enforcement . |