Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] expect [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | I still expect Italy to win this group . |
2 | And I do n't think I really expected Feargal to go down to Rosslare ! |
3 | Even accounting for Spartak 's counter-attacking skills , I fully expect Liverpool to reach the quarter-finals , especially if Russian keeper Stanislav Cherchesov has one of his unconvincing nights . |
4 | Even accounting for Spartak 's counterattacking skills , I fully expect Liverpool to reach the quarter-finals , especially if Russian keeper Stanislav Cherchesov has one of his unconvincing nights . |
5 | ‘ I never expected Maurice to die in such a way . |
6 | After Auschwitz , would you not expect Germans to take every conceivable care to stop German arms filtering through to where they could threaten Israel ? |
7 | ‘ In a bear market you normally expect shares to drop 15 to 25 per cent over 18 months . |
8 | ‘ Are you still expecting Adam to join you ? ’ he enquired , an edge of frost creeping into his tone . |
9 | She half expected Guy to wrench her face back up to his and braced herself to resist , but to her astonishment he laughed softly . |
10 | The voters , in other words , had not moved solidly to the right , their position was one of ambivalence ; they had become deeply sceptical about the role of government and yet they still expected government to aid them as they tried to meet the pressing problems of modern life . |