Example sentences of "expect any " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever the organizational changes few people in Bonn expect any fundamental shifts in science policy . |
| 2 | And as the salon in Susan 's home town of Bristol was part of a reputable chain , she did n't for a moment expect any problems . |
| 3 | ‘ Few shopkeepers expect any upturn in the next few months , ’ said a CBI spokesman . |
| 4 | A judgment is expected any moment ; but even if the OFT decides in Aldi 's favour , the matter will still have to be investigated further by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission . |
| 5 | Trent had n't expected any , but took no pleasure in being proved correct . |
| 6 | It was not that I eventually doubted that the Almighty responded to faith , but that because I had been so bound up by the desert , so full of self-interest , so neglectful of the God I was supposed to serve , that I could not have expected any co-operation from him . |
| 7 | I wonder whether you can lay the blame for the soot entirely on your neighbour , as I would have expected any ‘ fallout ’ to have settled some distance away . |
| 8 | The big fish and their consignment was expected any day . |
| 9 | One of them , Alistair Bruce , told the waiting reporters that they would have expected any charges to have materialised by this time . |
| 10 | He was glad neither expected any details . |
| 11 | By way of contrast , official 1991 accounts from the South Devon Railway Trust are expected any day , and will show that the largely volunteer run operation at Buckfastleigh has managed a healthy tax-free surplus of around £60,000 ! |
| 12 | There was some reason for his bewilderment , for Anselm does not seem to have desired or expected any practical result from this consultation except a possible release from his archbishopric . |
| 13 | As might be expected any questions involving decimals were rather demanding , but it is noticeable that where the answer included a half success rates were higher than for 0.1 or unc and other decimals . |
| 14 | She had n't expected any more extravagant praise . |
| 15 | Woolwich would have expected any refusal of payment to lead to collection proceedings which would have been gravely embarrassing for Woolwich , the more so as it would have been the only building society refusing to pay . |
| 16 | Woolwich would have expected any refusal of payment to lead to collection proceedings which would have been gravely embarrassing for Woolwich , the more so as it would have been the only building society refusing to pay . |
| 17 | The riot had started from nothing ; nobody had expected any trouble . |
| 18 | When he did n't she told herself she had n't really expected any and actually preferred it this way . |
| 19 | ‘ I would n't have expected any relation of Caro 's to be such an old-fashioned fuddy-duddy . |
| 20 | Well do you know , when I met , I , I 'm meeting old chaps through this very excellent marriage agency , I 've never expected any thing like it , they are marvellous , and the sent me a nice old lad , but I knew I was onto a looser when he said , of course I go to my daughter-in-law every Saturday for lunch , she absolutely insists because she says , she wants to make sure that I 'm eating properly , now this is a very healthy old man with a very good income who could afford to buy any food he wants and the fact of the matter is his that he 's son is probably not , he does n't want to upset his old dad , and it 's handy to have him to come on Saturday for lunch and be done with it as it were , but I thought surely Bernard your own sense would tell you that nobody want 's their old father and father-in-law every Saturday of their life , for lunch oh . |
| 21 | We have a good crew and do n't expect any radical changes . |
| 22 | However , they do not expect any radical revision to emerge in the run-up to legislation . |
| 23 | Analysts do not expect any move for Ferranti until the radar contract is awarded , though one possible bidder — British Aerospace — has already ruled itself out . |
| 24 | Analysts do not expect any move for Ferranti until the radar contract is awarded , though one possible bidder — British Aerospace — has already ruled itself out . |
| 25 | ‘ I would n't expect any dramatic response initially , ’ she says . |
| 26 | ‘ We were just saying , ’ murmured Bromley , ‘ that we did n't expect any foreigners here . ’ |
| 27 | Should I expect any building and development work in my resort ? |
| 28 | ( Mar 21-Apr 20 ) The situation in the heavens is rather complex , if not explosive , at the moment and you really can not expect any favours to come your way either at home or on the work front . |
| 29 | Rather it was precisely to change attitudes , to stress individual responsibility — you 're on your own , do n't expect any help from us — and to reduce the state 's obligations . |
| 30 | Do n't expect any instant changes , as releasing muscular tension takes time . |