Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On top of that is the fact that the society and type of education they have received both led them to expect wage employment — probably in an office … . |
| 2 | ‘ What colour did she expect broccoli and ham soup to be ? ’ |
| 3 | In the first investigative session I ever ran I expected pupils to produce a quadratic relationship , or at least a verbal description of one , from a problem involving lines and their intersections . |
| 4 | Marrie said she expected Stephanie to make the under-21 team in the near future and possibly even the full team . |
| 5 | Wholesalers reported an improvement in sales both year-on-year and compared with February , and said they expected volumes to keep up the pace this month . |
| 6 | UN peacekeepers in Cambodia said they expect Khmer Rouge guerrillas to attack polling stations in the general election starting on May 23rd . |
| 7 | A staggering 52% — mostly females — said they expect rates to be higher in 12 months ' time with a consequent knock-on effect on mortgages . |
| 8 | Irvine , California-based Western Digital Corp has filed a patent infringement suit against Conner Peripherals Inc over a patent relating to intelligent disk drives — last year Conner and Alps Electric USA Ltd bought the patents of the bankrupt PrairieTek Corp and Western Digital said it expected Conner to sue it based on two of these PrairieTek patents and on two patents developed by Conner , and its own suit is a pre-emptive strike . |
| 9 | Simon Foster , director of the SMMT , said he expected sales in the final quarter of the year to be below those in the last three months of 1988 . |
| 10 | Announcing the scheme Education Minister Michael Ancram said he expected savings up to £100 , a year as a result of the improvements . |