Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead for many , many years there has been in Channel 4 a culture , which allowed you to expect these matters to be dealt with properly , without being made to feel that you were being perverse in raising the issue yet again or that you were making a point or a special case . |
| 2 | ‘ Did you expect this to happen ? ’ she said , as Lucy took small hard bites . |
| 3 | When , customer service section manager at Pepper Hill , was married on March 6 , little did she expect such a ‘ well bread ’ reception . |
| 4 | Observers said they expected pro-reform supporters of President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to win 70 per cent of the 270 seats . |
| 5 | Page 27 Buoyant Borland : Borland International said it expected second quarter results to beat analysts ' expectations after buoyant sales of Paradox , the US software company 's database product . |
| 6 | Sentiment has not been helped by sharp profit downgrading from such pillars of Japanese business as Sony , Matsushita and Pioneer , though computer group Fujitsu recently said it expected current profits to be modestly increased . |
| 7 | It said it expects initial products to be high-end servers and so it turned out in most cases . |
| 8 | And last night top U.S. military commander General Colin Powell said he expected Western jets to be enforcing the zone within two weeks . |
| 9 | After the breakdown of talks in London he said he expected most of the cuts to fall on Merseyside 's Halewood plant . |
| 10 | He said he expected most of the cuts to fall on Merseyside 's Halewood plant . |
| 11 | He also said he expected some of the banned garages and testers to appeal against the rulings , and meanwhile they were allowed to continue MOT testing . |
| 12 | Cornmill manager Albion Small said he expected several other famous names to join Body Shop . |