Example sentences of "[pron] expect [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expected to see all kind of things you know |
| 2 | At any moment I expected to see one drop with a cardiac arrest , but the sultan told us not to underestimate their power . |
| 3 | I expect to find rich pickings in the Ministry of Defence , with its townships , its airfields , its office blocks , its country houses , its sailors ' hostel in South Kensington and its acreage of land which would make up an English county . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Tommaso began saying , ‘ I expect to hear any day now … . ’ |
| 6 | SCO hopes the new programme will help it focus on three markets — retail , finance and government — and its expects to sell 1,500 developers kits there in its first year — between 400 — 500 of them in Europe . |
| 7 | Christie herself confessed she expected to get 10 years . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ When you score three goals away from home you expect to take three points . |
| 9 | For those students who expect to graduate this year , the prospects for employment seem no better than last , with around 12 per cent of last year 's crop still without jobs nine months after graduating . |
| 10 | The five-year MEng honours degree course is for particularly able students who expect to assume responsible positions in industry immediately after graduation . |
| 11 | 10 Who would you expect to sell most bananas on the Monday of the following week ? |
| 12 | Erm and I have to say that er I mean if if if for example this was to Well assuming we had H two policy then would n't you expect to make some cross-reference here to your ei policy M eight in your approved structure plan ? |
| 13 | This is not to say that such courses would not also encourage an awareness of wider theoretical implications or the kind of appraisal I have associated with education , but this would be more in the manner of a long-term investment rather than something expected to yield immediate returns , something which might influence attitude rather than instigate action . |
| 14 | We expect to repeat that success . |
| 15 | With the economy moving out of recession we expect to see fewer clients cutting back and this should help reduce our terminations . |
| 16 | Our estate agency loss has been reduced and we expect to see some improvement in this business as the housing market responds to lower interest rates . |
| 17 | We expect to stimulate significant improvements in NHS performance , particularly on waiting times , as a result . |
| 18 | For example , we expect to have two modes of b 2 symmetry , giving rise to two a-type bands in the IR spectrum of the gas . |
| 19 | ‘ We expect to achieve 20 mpg and possibly even 25 mpg , ’ says automotive manager Peter Harris . |
| 20 | We , we now think it 's appropriate to strike a medium balance , therefore we 'll get the de-loan stock interest up to ninety three , we 'll take in , in this year , which we expect to get next year . |
| 21 | ‘ We expect to win more line-out ball — an area that has been our undoing in the past — and we are all now encouraged to think for ourselves . |
| 22 | We expect to secure more work in 1993 for specialist areas of activity in particular with HV Fox and Satellite DGPS and there will be closer operational links with Aberdeen . |
| 23 | As a country , how can we expect to attract inward investment and have the confidence of overseas investors if we hear such remarks from Labour Members ? |
| 24 | European heads of government from Moscow to Madrid showered telegrams of congratulation on Clinton , saying they expected to maintain good ties with Washington . |
| 25 | Where kids become worldly-wise with such rapidity , it is easy for a certain laissez-faire to creep in ; they expect to have unbridled access to everything , and in the long run this is not doing any favours to either party concerned . |
| 26 | They expect to attract other PTTs and RBOCs . |
| 27 | Now they expect to make significant inroads in patient waiting time . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , President Roh Tae Woo of South Korea welcomed the recent progress in relations between the two states , and on July 6 suggested that he expected to see Korean reunification achieved within five years . |
| 29 | He looked around him , as if he expected to see another presence there . |
| 30 | All the week the receipts had been unusually high , but this evening he expected to break all records . |