Example sentences of "[pron] expects [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody expects Brigadoon with tartan-skirted villagers singing softly as they fill your arms with sweet heather and invite you in to their fireside . |
| 2 | Nobody expects councillors to be able to do sums involving three hundred and fifteen or fourteen million erm without professional help , just like any business would expect to use professional help for that . |
| 3 | He was not going to get a bike because he would n't be able to reach the pedals , but I would n't have said anything even if I could have , because nobody expects people to tell the truth to women and , besides , that 's what friends are for , as they say . |
| 4 | an atomic formula is one of the form p ( t , t , … t ) where each t is a term , and p is a predicate symbol which expects k arguments ( i.e. p has arity k ) . |
| 5 | Contradictions in a system which expects players to concentrate on football , yet not be paid ( unless you count scholarships ? ) are causing increasing problems . |
| 6 | The bulk of domiciliary care is already provided by families , but Mrs Thatcher has made it plain that she expects families to take on extra responsibilities , and this is also apparent in the White Paper on Caring for People . |
| 7 | I think she 's very optimistic if she expects others to go by bus so that she can get her car out of Muirwood Road , to get to work in Wester Hailes . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , she expects Charlie home today . ’ |
| 9 | For example , women have described to researchers how it is difficult to cut down on food when cooking for a partner who expects meat with his main meal ( Charles and Kerr , 1986 ) . |
| 10 | One expects Salzburg to be uncontaminated and clean " . |
| 11 | One expects durability to be a hallmark of highly specific assets . |
| 12 | No one expects limousine-comfort from a 137mph coupe but , even so , you do n't get much ride absorbency with either car . |
| 13 | One only has to compare the uniformity of contemporary stations with the richness , profusion , and variety in British nineteenth-century stations : the classical temple of Huddersfield , the Byzantine basilica of Blackfriars , the robust Jacobean manor-house of Stoke-on-Trent , the scholarly Jacobean collegiate buildings of Shrewsbury and Carlisle , the ‘ Russian dacha ’ of Petworth , the ‘ baroque orangery ’ of Newmarket , the airy French pavilion of Slough , the medieval Gothic abbey of Battle , the Queen Anne town house of Market Harborough and Birkenhead Woodside , so much like the great hall of a medieval house that one expects rushes on the floor , minstrels in the gallery , and foaming tankards of old ale . |
| 14 | The point is that tonight — Magnapop 's UK debut — is peppered with punky teenage licks and festering grungy rumbles , yet just as one expects lyrics concerning death , drinking and corporate rock shagging , Linda hops , hiccups and beams , ‘ Wo n't you let me walk you home from school ? /Can I meet you at the pool ? ’ |
| 15 | Tin is a metal and somehow everybody expects metals to be strong . |
| 16 | Surely no-one expects Coyle , Billy Hamilton , etc to apply while still in employment elsewhere . |
| 17 | None of them expects miracles in the economy this year and growth forecasts range from a bare 0.2 per cent to 2 per cent . |
| 18 | None of them expects miracles in the economy this year and growth forecasts range from a bare 0.2 per cent to 2 per cent . |
| 19 | A spokesman , Mr Guido Tognoni , said : ‘ I have the feeling everyone expects hooligans , but we are being more positive . ’ |
| 20 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects TASM to be in service ; and where they will be based . |
| 21 | However , with the outbreaks of that disease in cattle beginning to plateau , Keith Meldrum , the Ministry of Agriculture 's chief veterinarian , has gone on record as saying he expects EC countries to start lifting the ban towards the end of the year . |
| 22 | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects work to commence on upgrading the A12 Chelmsford bypass from a two-lane to a three-lane road . |
| 23 | Sampson ( broken bone in hand ) and Anderson ( back ) may cause bigger problems but Mr Van de Velde made it clear he expects improvements from a side who were unbeaten this year until after the semi-final . |
| 24 | He expects Germans , Japanese and anyone else who has not sent forces to contribute to a ‘ war chest ’ . |
| 25 | He expects promotion . |
| 26 | However , Tory leader Coun Lawrie Wild has said he expects Coun Woodhead to do the ‘ honourable thing ’ . |
| 27 | On the PowerPC effort , Mace says the initial part will come in with around 30% less power than the 88000 , though he expects performance to converge over time . |
| 28 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects exports to reach the same level as imports . |
| 29 | At first his manner is reserved and defensive ; there is an attitude that suggests he expects rebuke and is ready to fight . |
| 30 | Gergiev has nurtured a new generation of young singers in the Kirov — notably the sopranos Galina Gorchakova and Yelena Prokina , the mezzo Olga Borodina , the tenors Gegam Gregorian and Yuri Marusin — but he expects loyalty from them . |