Example sentences of "that [pron] expect [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Not that I expected any . |
2 | I will say , however , that I expect all the countries that we assist to make further progress towards democracy and increased accountability : we consider that vital . |
3 | Not , in truth , that she expected any , important or otherwise , but it would have made a difference to the day . |
4 | ‘ Galadriel , ’ muttered Gilly , not that she expected this bale of blubber to manage her real name . |
5 | erm so that y so that you expected this sort of measure of service and if you were told the , if you were told the circumstances you might have said well that 's okay , no problem . |
6 | Should the ensuing insomnia mean dropping off during the day , then again you will be awakened , this time by real Hercules transport planes — Elveden Forest , being in East Anglia , is very close to numerous air-bases and so many jets scream overhead that one expects any minute to bump into a tight-lipped Kate Adie dressed in camouflage fatigues . |
7 | Anyway , at Stevenage Town Hall we told Ralph that we expected some money for these . |
8 | We should also remember that we expect many of the elderly to function under circumstances of stress which would strain people of any age : bereavement , repeated as contemporaries gradually die , worry about money , fear of increasing infirmity , isolation and death . |
9 | ‘ Let us just say that we expect this to be your only half-witted jape for the entire term . |
10 | While I accept that , I have to say that we expect those undertaking the review to have complete power to look into all areas and , specifically , to consider whether safety representatives who are not backed by a trade union are in a position to give the same kind of expert advice as would be expected from safety representatives appointed by a trade union . |
11 | He simply stood still saying nothing until the cries died away , and then told them what they were waiting for , and that he expected little more fighting . |
12 | After a meeting with umpires Steve Randell and Terry Prue , Subba Row said in a statement that he expected all players to adhere to proper standards of behaviour . |
13 | Bolger took office on Oct. 28 and announced his new 18-member Cabinet on Nov. 1 , using the occasion to stress that he expected all Ministers to observe the tradition of collective responsibility . |
14 | In a budget report presented in mid-1990 , the Minister of Finance , Kinza Clodumar , said that he expected that phosphate royalties would drop by A$10,000,000 from the 1989-90 figure of A$25,000,000 . |
15 | Sir Peter Holmes , Shell 's chairman who admitted that he was ‘ astonished ’ to discover that the irregularities had occurred through an associate company failing to follow strict rules against speculative dealing , said that he expected any further exposure to be limited to a £65 million charge which the company would take in its accounts for the first quarter of 1993 . |
16 | He says that he expected more mud slinging ; Dowty has been very gentlemanly so far . |