Example sentences of "expect [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group expected economic recovery in 1993 . |
| 2 | They all expected each member of the staff to express — discreetly — particular and intense interest in their child . |
| 3 | If Krupp commanded his armies of workers , Richard Wagner expected total subservience from his audience . |
| 4 | In seemed that the Minister expected little opposition in Parliament , where all MPs were members of TANU . |
| 5 | BCCI expected further losses for 1990 of around $450 million , and was reportedly planning a radical rationalization when its assets were seized . |
| 6 | What with John 's new fitness programme , and the salutary Atlantic air and everything , I myself expected some kind of halfhearted renewal . |
| 7 | Anyway , at Stevenage Town Hall we told Ralph that we expected some money for these . |
| 8 | Perhaps he expected some protest from Constanza , a declaration , perhaps he hoped for it . |
| 9 | He obviously expected some sort of reaction . |
| 10 | He smiled and lifted his champagne glass to his lips and Ruth expected some sort of challenge thrown out but none came and a strange feeling percolated inside her , almost disappointment , but she shooed away the notion . |
| 11 | ‘ Galadriel , ’ muttered Gilly , not that she expected this bale of blubber to manage her real name . |
| 12 | As a former member of his Household explained : ‘ He never expected this kind of reaction . |
| 13 | I expected this place to be in chaos — instead , it 's an oasis of calm . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It had always been generous in terms of sick pay and sympathetic and understanding towards employees with family problems , though it expected high standards of dress and deportment and lateness , absenteeism and incivility were not tolerated . |
| 16 | The Durham Cathedral players will only function as protectors of the cathedral and of refugees seeking asylum in so far as others in the drama expect that function from them . |
| 17 | Not only that but we expect that reward to be a fair and just one . |
| 18 | He did n't for one minute expect that sort of treatment in Gloucester , but that was how he would spend this afternoon . |
| 19 | Some parents have very high expectations of cleanliness and expect complete conformity from their child . |
| 20 | Wholesalers reported an increase in sales compared with last year , reversing the previous trend , and they also expect strong growth in sales in February . |
| 21 | The cooperativity between α-truncated polymerases and CRP is lost at the lac promoter , consequently it was expected that binding of CRP at its target in the -60 region would not lead to the occupancy of lac P1 by the mutant enzymes . |
| 22 | Pavlov ( 1927 ) expressed the view that the OR evoked by a novel stimulus constituted an ‘ obstacle ’ to conditioning ; and indeed , if conditioning is seen as a process in which the OR comes to be replaced by the CR , it might be expected that pre-exposure to the CS would facilitate this process . |
| 23 | It was expected that elimination of the anticipated need to recruit an additional personnel clerk would result in sufficient cost reductions to at least partially cost justify the system . |
| 24 | It was humiliating , and she had not expected that kind of reaction from him . |
| 25 | It is expected that adoption of each of these programmes will be delayed and this in turn will affect dates for calls for proposals , publicity events , etc , although we can not tell at the moment how long the delay will last and the consequences it may have . |
| 26 | It was expected that measurement of surface heat radiation would provide clues to the planet 's chemical composition and the reasons behind the planet 's " greenhouse effect " . |
| 27 | According to a Gallup poll on behalf of Tory Central Office , 90 per cent of top businessmen reckon the Tories have the best long-term economic programme , 52 per cent fear a deterioration under Labour and 80 per cent expect economic improvements under the Tories . |
| 28 | Often they are organized by younger people who merely expect ageing members to be passive recipients of organized events . |
| 29 | Marguerite 's voice was warm when Jenna had expected another burst of either anger or distress . |
| 30 | The tension drifted from Blufton 's eyes , as if he had expected another challenge to his veracity . |