Example sentences of "expect [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expect me some time this afternoon . |
| 2 | AFTER a two-and-a-half-year lull I fully expect my great friendship with Graham Gooch to be back in full swing on the tour to India . |
| 3 | I expect my own daughter will be like this in a year or two . |
| 4 | They can be used for retirement planning for those currently paying the top rate of income tax and who expect their post-retirement income to attract basic tax only . |
| 5 | They go to all that trouble to feed strangers and then expect their own family to do without . |
| 6 | By that time , the Scottish team had gone through three practice sessions , while the Aussies from Queensland expect their post-season training to see them to a successful defence of the tournament , which starts today . |
| 7 | ‘ And the sad thing is , it 's a habit very hard to break because he 's always so damned competent — and we all in our various ways expect his uncomplaining support . |
| 8 | ‘ I expect our toughest game of the season against them . ’ |
| 9 | I expect our little miss found it repugnant , the first dirty old man she was put to . |
| 10 | Swapo holds 41 of the Assembly 's 72 seats , but observers expected its main opponent , the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance ( DTA ) which has 21 seats , to block a Swapo-drafted constitution . |
| 11 | The US Seniors ' Tour may outstrip the USPGA Tour in terms of waistlines and average age , but no-one expected its leading money winner to also claim higher earnings . |
| 12 | In exile she expected their first child , having left her husband in Russia ; he was later killed , and she suffered the blow of another death — her own child . |
| 13 | Olivetti says it does n't expect its newest machine , MIPS ' ARCsystems or the rest of the ACE consortium 's MIPS offerings to have any real impact on the market for the next two or three years , leaving Intel Corp 's dynasty intact for some time to come . |
| 14 | This is a difficult year for the world as a whole , so Taureans must expect their fair share of pressure . |
| 15 | the Russians — you 'd expect their nuclear power stations to go wrong . |
| 16 | A noble individual , such as Nithard himself , could reasonably expect his royal lord to look after his interests and reward faithful service with beneficia ( literally " good deeds " ) , meaning grants of lands or of honores , " offices " which carried lands with them : hence the linguistic distinction between honor and beneficium became blurred . |
| 17 | I realise that there are constraints of time and problems with dissemination , but you would not expect your local GP to prescribe a drug unless he was satisfied that its use was justified by reference to the available research material . |
| 18 | She 'll expect your full attention — ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Iris says to tell Monsieur Gauthier not to expect you this evening . ’ |
| 20 | It was important that she ring her parents to let them know not to expect her that day . |
| 21 | It is not fair to expect your local delicatessen to do it for you as it takes a long time to slice the whole ham and Parma must be cut thinly . |
| 22 | She told me just to feed him from the other side , so I did , fully expecting my right breast to explode , but it did n't ! |
| 23 | THE wife of record-breaking bankrupt Kevin Maxwell proudly announced a nice little dividend for the troubled tycoon yesterday — she 's expecting their fifth child . |
| 24 | The couple have four children aged between seven and three and Derek 's wife Dawn , 26 , is expecting their fifth child next month . |
| 25 | He and his blonde wife , Adrienne , a Klanswoman who is expecting their first child next month , now have to be careful , they say . |
| 26 | Les , 61 , whose wife Tracy , 40 , is expecting their first child , has stopped smoking since the health scare that led him to quit a show last year . |
| 27 | There he 'd met another woman whom he eventually married and she was then expecting their first child . |
| 28 | This year he has a perfect excuse — his wife is expecting their first baby during the time the Three Wise Ladies are picking up from police , local authorities , and others information about weather , congestion , and danger points , and relaying it to the media . |
| 29 | Her son was married , her daughter-in-law expecting their first baby and she did n't know what to say next . |
| 30 | Said a source close to Paula , who is reported to be expecting their first baby in December : ‘ They had a whirlwind romance and just wanted to get together straight away . |