Example sentences of "[pron] expect [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I expected to see the prince my husband at Mass this morning , my lady , she said . |
| 2 | I expected to see the laurel leaf in the back you know |
| 3 | Every time I returned home I expected to find the police waiting . |
| 4 | I expect to see the trend continue if sensible policies continue to be pursued . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I expect to double the yield of Tobacco this harvest , but I am sensible that you desire us to put more land under the cane , this sugar trade being the more profitable at home and the Negroes most apt to its cultivation . |
| 7 | The contract is a kick in the teeth for British workers at Westinghouse Signal , which expected to clinch the £100 million deal . |
| 8 | When the lonely howl of a wolf carried to them through the forest , Isabel jumped , glancing at the door as if she expected to see the beast standing there . |
| 9 | Get there early — at least one hour before you expect to see the badgers — and do n't walk over the sett or across the entrances . |
| 10 | It is quite unrealistic to think that you can spend every waking moment working , but it is equally unrealistic to have hobbies and interests which fill every evening and the weekend and for you to expect to pass the course . |
| 11 | LAWS to tighten up control of strays take effect this week but anyone who expects to see the streets cleared of roaming dogs will be disappointed . |
| 12 | No one expected to reverse the pull of 14 years of refugee resettlement overnight , and there is little doubt that voluntary repatriation would pick up speed if the Hong Kong authorities used quiet persuasion instead of the big stick . |
| 13 | I really would like to comment further , but I 'm not able so to do er we have all heard the autumn statement er from the Chancellor of the Exchequer last week , following on from that we expect to receive the draft standard spending assessment for Suffolk on or about the twenty sixth of this month , er and it really is , will be er when we have that indication that er Policy Committee will give to er , pull together the strings for the preparation of next year 's budget . |
| 14 | We expect to enjoy the experience of viewing . |
| 15 | Whereas our grandparents and , perhaps , even our parents frowned upon buying anything unless they had saved all the money required , today we expect to own the luxuries of life now and are prepared to bridge the gap between our savings and the price with a loan . |
| 16 | Whereas our grandparents and , perhaps , even our parents frowned upon buying anything unless they had saved all the money required , today we expect to own the luxuries of life now and are prepared to bridge the gap between our savings and the price with a loan . |
| 17 | ‘ We expect to have the sprayer for five years , and the way the law is changing , closed transfer systems will probably soon be compulsory anyway , ’ thinks Mr Doig . |
| 18 | ‘ We expect to ratify the treaty . |
| 19 | ‘ We expect to complete the turn-round in the first half of 1993 , ’ says Shah , ‘ and to be profitable on a global basis in the second half . ’ |
| 20 | Leading Oxfordshire as ever we 're with the England amateur captain Phil Garner ; Phil , tomorrow 's match — with the weather unsettled , can we expect to see the spin attack of Rupert Evans and Ian Curtis turn the tables again ? |
| 21 | Rover had not set a figure on how many workers they expected to take the cash offer , he added . |
| 22 | The intention of the plaintiffs was , to my mind , clear ; they expected to recover the money if they won their action . |
| 23 | After a three-month stoppage , engineers said last week that they expected to have the plant running again in a fortnight . |
| 24 | And afterwards they expect to form the nucleus of the ‘ new ’ Ireland built for Poland and August 's Inter Continental Cup . |
| 25 | By holding stock in a company , they expect to win the business of insuring its employees . |
| 26 | AIX Expo and the Power Solutions Conference , the exclusively IBM shindig , has been scheduled for October 20–23 at the San Jose Convention Centre in California : they expect to change the world . |
| 27 | Perhaps they expect to get the club services free of charge . |
| 28 | They expect to have the stuff ready in July . |
| 29 | In that event , how would they expect to protect the consumer ? |
| 30 | When he opened his eyes , the taste of blood sharp in his mouth , he expected to see the assassin disappearing into the shadows of the park , but the bizarre Mr Pie was standing at the kerb looking back at him . |