Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect [pos pn] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect his notes went into the university archives , and the rest of his belongings would have been sold off . |
| 2 | I expect his spies will tell him , though . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Look , I expect my friends are happy enough here , so if you could just , you know , set me down somewhere — ’ |
| 4 | I expect my employees to keep their minds on the job ! |
| 5 | Oliver said when I told him this story rather hesitatingly , though I expect my nerves were to do with talking about Gillian . |
| 6 | ‘ I expect my guests to be polite , señorita , ’ he informed her icily . |
| 7 | I expect your parents are dead , are n't they ? |
| 8 | I expect your clothes will be dry enough to brush clean by the time you 've finished . |
| 9 | You expect your parents to be superhuman , and they expect you to be kids forever . |
| 10 | Note your own interpretation of the sequence , then make a note of the interpretations you expect your students to make . |
| 11 | Most of the time we communicate verbally to each other , and we expect our horses to do the same . |
| 12 | In the first quarter of this year we 've seen more moderate growth in those geographical areas but in nineteen eighty nine nearly forty percent of Pearson 's trading ca profit came from economies outside the U K and North America and we expect our activities in these other areas to continue to grow at a satisfactory rate . |
| 13 | Today we expect our stars to have social consciences and wide-ranging opinions . |
| 14 | I mean starting from the way children go to school in the morning — they expect their parents to take them quite often , and to contribute to pollution . |