Example sentences of "[pron] expect a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I expected a wee charge from Middlesbrough early on .
2 I expected a high-powered event , with dozens , if not hundreds of people present .
3 I 'd therefore grown used to getting a certain amount of respect from other drivers , so when I found one of the clapped-out Toyotas favoured by Asian families in my path one morning I expected a free passage .
4 For a moment I expected a knuckle-rapping response , but after a brief hesitation , he said , ‘ My verse was obscure because I was obscure to myself .
5 Needless to say , I expect a regular progress report . ’
6 ‘ I am not quite the Hochhauser rapist I am made out to be , but I expect a little peck , just here , on the cheek . ’
7 I expect a Public Sector Borrowing Requirement in the current financial year of £35 billion , slightly lower than projected at the time of my Autumn Statement .
8 I have always thought that league results are what matter most to Motherwell and I expect a harder game than were given that day . ’
9 I expect an important letter .
10 She expected a loud shout of .
11 She expected an angry response , and it rather unnerved her when it did n't come .
12 Those who expected a predictable finale to this unpredictable match got far more than they anticipated .
13 Even rewards such as these were a shade oblique for those who expected a direct return upon money invested .
14 You expect a little bit of jostling do n't you when there 's a crowd seen in the penalty box .
15 You expect a whole speech of explanation .
16 Such a policy of extensification would avoid food mountains and ensure that our land was properly looked after by farmers who want to work and who expect a reasonable return for their efforts .
17 They 're forced into a position of dependence and in fact how do you expect a disabled child to be independent when even their parents are n't ?
18 But if he killed Harry , would n't you expect a greater amount of soaking ? ’
19 It may not be as easy as surrendering your body to the doctor and simply taking the medicine , nor can you expect an over-night cure .
20 Economic theory would lead you to expect a net gain even in the EC — making it possible to compensate Western Europe 's producers for their losses and still show a gain for consumers and taxpayers .
21 ‘ Were you expecting an important letter ? ’
22 They include a responsibility to staff who depend on their employers for a decent standard of living and a responsibility to the customer who expects a decent service .
23 We expected a big postbag but nothing could have prepared us for the fantastic response we received !
24 We expected a physical game and we certainly got one .
25 Its intensity ( that is , its energy content ) is given by the square of this , so we expect a transmitted fraction of unc as is indeed the case .
26 We welcome the emphasis on safety in the North sea , but we expect a parallel prioritisation of the extremely dangerous potential accident sites onshore , and we expect to see an improvement in that situation .
27 What we are doing , if we expect a negative outcome , is providing our fear with food from the imagination .
28 Over the next twelve months we expect a further increase in those needing our Home Care service to enable them to live and die at home .
29 We expect a further reduction in 1993 .
30 There should then be no plateaux in the Hall voltage because as more electrons are added to an unfilled Landau level we expect a smooth decrease of the Hall voltage .
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