Example sentences of "[pron] expect hear " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somehow I expected to hear ‘ eggs ’ — well you would , would n't you ? |
| 2 | I expect to hear this morning from Yuli Voronpsov , the country 's deputy prime minister , that private contractors are moving into the Kremlin Hospital in Moscow . |
| 3 | I expect to hear that it matches Dr Darnell 's fingernails . |
| 4 | Tommaso began saying , ‘ I expect to hear any day now … . ’ |
| 5 | COATS Viyella , the textile group which expects to hear whether it is allowed to take over rival Tootal in the next few days , has sold its medical businesses to Pharma-Plast Holdings for £12m . |
| 6 | At any moment she expected to hear his voice behind her , calling her back . |
| 7 | I told her what she expected to hear — that I had not done anything much . |
| 8 | She expected to hear no more . |
| 9 | They sprawled across the padded benches before him with the somewhat jaded air of men who expected to hear nothing new . |
| 10 | Note down all your appointments and any follow-up dates when you expect to hear results or ought to telephone for information . |
| 11 | ( However you might be surprised at how often these settings do n't include the language you expect to hear . ) |
| 12 | ‘ How did you expect to hear ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Are you expecting to hear I hijacked her en route and left her trussed up in a lay-by ? ’ |
| 14 | And of course no one expected to hear much from him during his sabbatical year , unless , as you say , something was wrong . |
| 15 | His widow tells us the things we expect to hear ; that he was good , kind , gentle . |
| 16 | Sometimes what we expect to hear is predetermined by cultural influences as well as the ways in which facts have previously been presented to us . |
| 17 | Kora music like this is indifferent to the West 's fashions , carries none of the messages we expect to hear . |
| 18 | So can we expect to hear soon that other national railways are introducing similar schemes of their own ? |
| 19 | Back to floating is hardly what one expects to hear from The Economist , which understands the threat this poses to Europe 's single market . |
| 20 | When the congregation of the Lutheran Church gathered to hear the Word of God expounded , they expected to hear it expounded fully , and the Pastor of Tappersdorf was ready to oblige , not merely comparing the German text for the day — a reference to the doings of an obscure Old Testament prophet — with the original Hebrew , and giving a learned half-hour to an explanation of the circumstances in which the prophet lived , suffered , and prophesied , a time in which it seemed a small group of people struggled for the truth and searched for God under the shadow of huge decadent empires to the East — and the West , but he , the Pastor , was perfectly willing to apply the prophet 's message to the present day — and to present-day socialist Germany , at that . |
| 21 | The disbelief round the table was sudden ; it was the last thing they expected to hear . |
| 22 | Still hopelessly divided , they expected to hear that he had tendered their collective resignations to the King . |
| 23 | One thing that doing the talk show has taught me is that people hear what they expect to hear . |
| 24 | No wonder that we cheer when we see older generations giving it just one more go , not because they expect to hear bells ringing or lights flashing , but because they want to reach out and feel that reassuring touch or see that reaffirming glance which means they have an ally in the world who uniquely cares that they thrive . |
| 25 | This morning they expect to hear if they 'll be offered professional terms . |
| 26 | At an OEEC Council meeting , Harold Macmillan , then Chancellor of the Exchequer , is reputed to have said that he had become aware of some archaeological excavations at Messina about which he expected to hear no more . |
| 27 | It was not the moment she would have chosen , but the determined glint in Silas 's eye told her he expected to hear the truth . |
| 28 | With the big day looming closer , Richard Middleton , president of the firm 's UK operation , says he expects to hear from Granada TV any day now . |
| 29 | Upjohn says that it expects to hear the result of the appeal towards the end of April . |