Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect one of the old ladies was up there and dropped a fag end or something , and just forgot it . |
| 2 | , I expect one of those will be alright , were they stripy ones we saw the other day ? |
| 3 | From the moment I could understand the human voice 1 — and I expect most of my generation — was told to be ‘ seen and not heard ’ … ‘ consider others before yourself ’ … ‘ never complain' and if you were a boy child , then you were exhorted to be a man , to show no emotion , and not to be a sissy . |
| 4 | I expect most of my wheat will be destroyed in this rain . ’ |
| 5 | First of all , I expect most of you have heard that the proposed holiday to Torbay has had to be cancelled cos we did n't have enough support . |
| 6 | I c I , I tell this story cos I think it illustrates it very much , I expect most of you have er if you have n't been you 've heard of Dale in Derbyshire , and it 's this river with a , a lovely walk either side of the river , you walk along the side and then you come to the point where there 's a bend in the river and there 's these gorgeous great enormous stepping stones . |
| 7 | I expect some of us will be moving off soon , going to the places where summer work 's to be found . |
| 8 | I expect some of those boys in the village have probably been shooting vermin . |
| 9 | We should also remember that we expect many of the elderly to function under circumstances of stress which would strain people of any age : bereavement , repeated as contemporaries gradually die , worry about money , fear of increasing infirmity , isolation and death . |
| 10 | And we expect hundreds of people queueing today in person . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We expect thousands of people will turn up for this rave , which has been organised and advertised without the school 's knowledge . |
| 12 | Most auction companies appear to be waiting until the transfer legislation is in place before they too offer sheep quota — and they expect most of 1993 trading to concentrate on leasing . |