Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] expect the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , the estate agent reckons it 'll be converted into flats , so I expect the new owner 's going to want you out . |
| 2 | I was a bit blue , and being blue always makes me satirical , so I expect the odd unfair jest might have escaped my lips . |
| 3 | It is then that we expect the best group from Southern Africa to be there , including the Homeland leaders . |
| 4 | Furthermore , we would expect any doctor , not just our own , to behave in the ‘ proper ’ manner , in the same way that we expect the same sort of behaviour from all shop assistants , or all priests , or all fathers . |
| 5 | When we make it obvious that we expect the worst from people , the worst is usually what we get . |
| 6 | A United Kingdom Foreign Office spokesman welcomed the development and said that he expected the European Communities ( EC ) to move " swiftly " to lift its bans on the import of South African iron , steel and of gold coins . |
| 7 | Akashi , during a visit to Japan on March 11 , said that he expected the Japanese government to contribute a third of UNTAC 's estimated total cost of US$1,900 million . |
| 8 | Ake Lundqvist , an Ericsson senior vice-president , told Reuters that he expects the greatest growth to be in Japan with an additional 1m units sold . |
| 9 | That is absolute rubbish and I expect the right hon. Member for Sparkbrook to condemn it as such . |
| 10 | I 'm paying top dollar and I expect the best . |
| 11 | I 've refused work , and I expect the same loyalty from Enya , even if she married Phil Spector tomorrow ! |
| 12 | The Prime Minister was heard in silence , and I expect the same courtesy to be extended to the Leader of the Opposition . |
| 13 | To cultivate awareness of fact one goes to the sciences , of sensation and emotion to the arts ; and we expect the latter , in sharpest contrast with the former , also to give pleasure . |
| 14 | The Dutch version is selling well and we expect the German version to do even better . ’ |
| 15 | His excuse was forgetfulness but I expect the real reason was lack of funds . |
| 16 | Alternatively speculators might think that the exchange value of the domestic currency will fall even further in the future , perhaps because they expect the current account deficit to become permanent , and so capital inflows will decrease and capital outflows decrease accordingly . |
| 17 | Delegates indicated that the next full CODESA meeting would be held in April ( rather than in March as originally intended ) , when they expected the working groups to have made substantive progress . |
| 18 | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the higher standards of residual stability recommended by the steering committee of the roll on/roll off ferry safety research programme to be applied to all roll on/roll off ferries using British ports . |