Example sentences of "expect [adj] [noun] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hundreds of the hostel residents had been questioned , the Commissioner said ; six had been arrested , and he expected further arrests following the result of forensic tests of bloodstained weapons found at the hostel . |
| 2 | It is expected that traffic travelling southbound on the A5 and M1 , and intending to go west along the North Circular , will be diverted via Brent Cross roundabout . |
| 3 | I expect some people watching might think that wo wo football is a boy 's game , rather than a girl 's game , but of course that is n't the tradition is it ? |
| 4 | We open tonight , expect wonderful reception judging by other performances . ’ |
| 5 | As might be expected any questions involving decimals were rather demanding , but it is noticeable that where the answer included a half success rates were higher than for 0.1 or unc and other decimals . |
| 6 | But we can not expect any Psalm reflecting the years of oppression and revolt to be exactly comparable with the situation described from a later point of view in the Books of Maccabees ; and if we can not use the Books of Maccabees in this way any certain terms of comparison are lacking altogether . |
| 7 | We do not expect any component buying problem to be encountered by constructors of the Vehicle Watchdog . |
| 8 | We may expect new conventions governing syntactic combinations — in our example the Subject-Object-Verb complex — to establish themselves quickly in the evolving language of any group whose members are bright enough to tumble to the meanings of such innovations . |
| 9 | I feel I can say this without expecting several letters saying I 'm talking rubbish . |
| 10 | He says that he expected more mud slinging ; Dowty has been very gentlemanly so far . |