Example sentences of "[pron] expect to see " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I expected to see a lot of back play but have been surprised by the lack of it , ’ he said . |
| 2 | From what I had heard in advance , I expected to see nothing much more than four or five students on the course drinking regulated amounts of alcohol and then being subjected to a variety of tests that would show how their motor skills deteriorated . |
| 3 | ‘ I expected to see the prince my husband at Mass this morning , my lady , she said . |
| 4 | I looked out to sea , almost as though I expected to see a puff of smoke and a beast with a forked tail appear from the darkness . |
| 5 | ‘ I expected to see you at the ball last night , Sharpe ! ’ |
| 6 | My binoculars I wore round my neck at the ready for all those puffins , razor bills and guillemots I expected to see on the way over . |
| 7 | At any moment I expected to see one drop with a cardiac arrest , but the sultan told us not to underestimate their power . |
| 8 | I must say I expected to see my sister accuse Orlick of attacking her , but instead she seemed very pleased to see him . |
| 9 | I expected to see Dr Mortimer , as I knew nobody else in the village . |
| 10 | I expected to see a huge hound , but not a creature like this . |
| 11 | I do n't know what I expected to see , but as always when you have a tooth out or get kicked half to death the change in appearance is nowhere like commensurate with the pain . |
| 12 | ‘ I expected to see a beach ! ’ she exclaimed . |
| 13 | I expected to see all kind of things you know |
| 14 | I expected to see the laurel leaf in the back you know |
| 15 | On top of that , the presence of these two will allow the full-backs more freedom and I expect to see Stuart Pearce getting forward in his old style . |
| 16 | Over the coming months I expect to see the Inland Revenue , the Customs and Excise and the DTI increasingly at work in an area ripe for their activities . |
| 17 | One of the most important changes I expect to see after the revolution is in the situation of children . |
| 18 | ‘ I expect to see you again tomorrow afternoon , Ingrid . |
| 19 | a senior consultant in Consultancy Services , Risley , said although feelings generally were a bit mixed , ‘ I feel that we have been given a clearer picture of where AEA is heading although I expect to see a lot more changes before things settle down . ’ |
| 20 | Seventy-nine is not what I expect to see . ’ |
| 21 | I expect to see the trend continue if sensible policies continue to be pursued . |
| 22 | I expect to see us dominating this event for the next few years . ’ |
| 23 | So I expect to see er improvements in confidence backed by greater provision and I like to see that directed at the venture capital , risk capital , long term capital . |
| 24 | and looking from my window I expect to see |
| 25 | I shall draw up a timetable , hour by hour , and allowing for the fact that he must have slept , I expect to see the spaces filled in . |
| 26 | Nor had I expected to see people living in this city of the dead . |
| 27 | When Psyche lighted the lamp , she expected to see a beast , but she saw a god . |
| 28 | The woman looked around the yard as if she expected to see her daughter emerge from one of the doors or from behind a pile of rubbish . |
| 29 | He had taken it , now , that she was not going ; she expected to see resentment blossom , but he did not resent it . |
| 30 | She was dismayed to see these strangers accosting her when she expected to see an old man in a cowboy hat with a black and white photograph face . |