Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [pron] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well in that case I expect , you know , some of us could become a caretaker if they 're having to pay us |
| 2 | In this case it expects the Go option to be pressed . |
| 3 | Have another green I expect . |
| 4 | Legal & General 's Michael Payne says that over the next few years he expects his fund ‘ will grow more in Europe at the expense of UK equities , ’ particularly now that entry into the ERM has reduced the currency risk . |
| 5 | All the week the receipts had been unusually high , but this evening he expected to break all records . |
| 6 | This morning they expect to hear if they 'll be offered professional terms . |
| 7 | Their routine is quite demanding and in some ways it expects a level of determination on the part of the rehabilitee that would probably be high enough to get him back to work without a course of formal rehabilitation . |
| 8 | This year they expect a turnover of £170 m , and More than half their shoes are sold abroad . |
| 9 | This year we expect consumers to spend some £80 billion on leisure — almost one quarter of consumer spending . |
| 10 | If this should prove genuine , it is about as welcome as a High Court summons — another document I expect hourly unless the Bradford branch of the Inland Revenue adopts a more compassionate attitude to its clients . ’ |
| 11 | This Christmas she expected a baby . |
| 12 | Some evenings I expect I can come along and eat with you , Tom and Carrie . ’ |
| 13 | In such cases we expect the duration to increase if the intervention is being effective . |
| 14 | Prof Plant , 47 , will not say how much change he expects by the time he retires — even though , as an expert on the German philosopher Hegel , historic change on a grand scale fascinates him . |
| 15 | Prof Plant , 47 , will not say how much change he expects by the time he retires — even though , as an expert on the German philosopher Hegel , historic change on a grand scale fascinates him . |
| 16 | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy at current trends , how much plutonium he expects the thermal oxide reprocessing plant to have produced by the year 2000 . |
| 17 | Will the right hon. Gentleman remind the House how much warning time he had of the conflict in the Gulf , how much warning he expects to have from the IRA before any outrage and how much warning he expects of the consequences of the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the activities of extremists like Mr. Le Pen in France ? |
| 18 | Will the right hon. Gentleman remind the House how much warning time he had of the conflict in the Gulf , how much warning he expects to have from the IRA before any outrage and how much warning he expects of the consequences of the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the activities of extremists like Mr. Le Pen in France ? |
| 19 | That evening she expected Edward to join them for dinner at the house . |
| 20 | Microsoft Corp is spraying statistics in all directions to try and convince the industry of NT 's success : 60,000 software development kits have been sent out , it says , 25,000 dealers and the like should be trained before the launch , and it has commitments from developers that over 500 applications will be ready by the autumn — however it absolutely refuses to comment on how many copies it expects to sell . |
| 21 | Microsoft Corp is spraying statistics in all directions to try and convince the industry of NT 's success : 60,000 software development kits have been sent out , it says , 25,000 dealers and the like should be trained before the launch , and it has commitments from developers that over 500 applications will be ready by the autumn — however it absolutely refuses to comment on how many copies it expects to sell . |
| 22 | The players have now scored 70 goals between them for Rangers in all competitions this season , though McCoist was jocularly chided by his manager as he attempted to reply to the unanswerable question , posed him by a foreign journalist , of how many goals he expected to score tonight . |
| 23 | Rover had not set a figure on how many workers they expected to take the cash offer , he added . |
| 24 | In all things I expect you to be a lady . |
| 25 | On that licence you have to indicate when you 're going to have erm this market , you have to indicate how many stalls , how many people you expect to attract , the times you 're gon na be open and you have to give a months notice . |
| 26 | VECTOR is a specially designed bank account for those customers who expect to be overdrawn regularly ; |
| 27 | ‘ Better we should see you off than those bastards you expected , is n't it ? ’ |
| 28 | Spring balances that weigh in excess of 30lb are available for those anglers who expect , or at least hope , to catch carp and pike heavier than 30lb . |
| 29 | For those students who expect to graduate this year , the prospects for employment seem no better than last , with around 12 per cent of last year 's crop still without jobs nine months after graduating . |
| 30 | When I was finally allowed up and I went back to my own home I expected to forget you . |