Example sentences of "expect [adj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew that he had tried to give her the impression that he was going off on a promiscuous adventure and expected this to arouse in her both admiration and jealousy , but as Lydia 's misdemeanours were more of the spirit than of the flesh she found promiscuity not merely sinful but foolish and disgusting . |
| 2 | We expect that to happen in the autumn . ’ |
| 3 | When Daak had been brought to join them , Bernice had expected Ace to run to him ; instead , she just smiled crookedly and raised a hand in greeting . |
| 4 | However , it is not obvious whether the respondents expect this to happen to them specifically or if it is a population level observation . |
| 5 | The Asia and Pacific Group has prioritised Cambodia for their major campaigning work , and expect this to continue throughout at least 1991 and 1992 . |
| 6 | As might be expected this resulted in the reduction rather than the elimination of disparities between the samples , some of the problems being discussed below . |
| 7 | Two and a half months of a ‘ non-campaign ’ had changed nothing , and few expect much to change after the election either . |
| 8 | Where we might have expected these to vary in the same direction as the specialist team 's , they in fact exhibit a different set of distinctions , particularly in the high rate of service provision and the trend towards maintaining cases as live . |
| 9 | I think it would skip to environment being the prerogative of local authorities , there will be a great variation across the country , and I do n't think anybody seriously would expect that to happen about health and safety at work , and I think the same should be true of the environment . |
| 10 | Do n't expect that to continue by the way . |
| 11 | If electrons are sent through the slits one at a time , one would expect each to pass through one slit or the other , and so behave just as if the slit it passed through were the only one there — giving a uniform distribution on the screen . |
| 12 | Unveiling details of the £1.7m deal , Ed WAllis , PowerGen 's chief executive , candidly said he would expect some say in the way the weather was presented . |
| 13 | In any case , as the permanent under-secretary in the Foreign Office philosophically remarked , if the Americans were asked to " underwrite the Empire , they would expect some say in its running " . |
| 14 | I would n't expect this to happen in a capitalist country so why expect anything different from the USSR ? |
| 15 | And how do you expect this to change by the end of the century ? |
| 16 | One would expect this to occur in natural acquisition situations , such that adults ' and children 's interaction with others can be compared . |
| 17 | Indeed the public seem to expect those committed to a particular service to extol its virtues . |
| 18 | Now the company has 270 staff ( it started out with just 30 three years ago ) , has increased production by 20% over the past year and has a turnover of £l2m ( it expects that to rise to £l4m next year ) . |
| 19 | In 1992 , VAX-related revenues made up 70% of total group turnover , but Turner expects this to drop to 60% in 1993 as AS/400 business continues to grow . |
| 20 | By 1994 , he expects this to grow to over US$24 billion . |
| 21 | ICL also now generates about half its revenues from higher margin non-hardware sales , and expects this to increase to between 55% and 60% over the next few years . |
| 22 | ICL also now generates about half its revenues from higher margin non-hardware sales , and expects this to increase to between 55% and 60% over the next few years . |