Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] expect a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed she expected an answer , so I gave it . |
| 2 | I 've had a word with him on the phone , and told him to expect a call from you . |
| 3 | The defender averred that as a result of that announcement he telephoned Macfie & Alexander , speaking to Mr Rae , one of the partners , and told him to expect an offer of £70,000 from Ferguson & Forster and that he instructed Mr Rae that when the offer was received , he ( the defender ) would consider its terms and if he found them satisfactory he would instruct Mr Rae to accept the offer . |
| 4 | Earlier this month SunSoft Inc president Ed Zander , told us to expect a version of its Unix operating system to feature on the PowerPC RISC ( CI No 2,124 ) . |
| 5 | Earlier this month SunSoft Inc president , Ed Zander , told us to expect a version of its Unix operating system to feature on the PowerPC RISC ( UX No 426 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ Interesting , ’ she said , when she realised he expected a comment . |
| 7 | ‘ Did you expect a present , Miss Eyre ? |
| 8 | Why did he expect a good crop of sugarbeet ? |
| 9 | I said well no I cos I said I expected a co I think she deserved a more than a commended . |
| 10 | She had n't expected him to greet her with ecstatic joy — his emotions were n't extreme like Lowell 's thankfully — but neither had she expected a degree of embarrassment . |
| 11 | Last night the grieving couple were still baffled by the tragedy that struck down six-year-old Elizabeth a week after doctors said they expected a full recovery from a brain tumour . |
| 12 | Many of those who voted against the government would not have done so had they expected an election . |
| 13 | In January 1989 the government said it expected a further 361,000 sales over the next three years . |
| 14 | Forecasting nil growth in the market this year , the company said it expected a slight upturn in the final quarter of 1993 but its total truck sales would not exceed last year 's 32,000 . |
| 15 | Prost said he expected a tough race but was satisfied with the performance of his car . |
| 16 | He said he expected a substantial part of that money to be used as a ‘ starter ’ sum for Darlington schools St Augustines and St Bedes . |
| 17 | NatWest 's chief executive , Derek Wanless , said he expected a ‘ modest improvement ’ in the current year and welcomed a cut in the key cost to-income ratio from 67.5 per cent to 64.7 per cent . |