Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] expect [art] [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 | Those ultimate motivations will be the subject of the next section , but here we are interested in exactly what it is that we expect a pragmatic theory to do . |
| 4 | It is then that we expect the best group from Southern Africa to be there , including the Homeland leaders . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | When we make it obvious that we expect the worst from people , the worst is usually what we get . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ All the independent analysts are now backing their words with money that they expect a gentle recovery to take root next year . ’ |
| 9 | When told it could , Postelnicu made it clear that he expected a regular supply of Scotch to be discreetly deposited there . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | THE Home Secretary has told colleagues that he expects a fresh Commons debate on the death penalty before the next election and that he would speak and vote for its restoration as a deterrent for some murders . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I have always thought that league results are what matter most to Motherwell and I expect a harder game than were given that day . ’ |
| 15 | That is absolute rubbish and I expect the right hon. Member for Sparkbrook to condemn it as such . |
| 16 | I 'm paying top dollar and I expect the best . |
| 17 | I 've refused work , and I expect the same loyalty from Enya , even if she married Phil Spector tomorrow ! |
| 18 | The Prime Minister was heard in silence , and I expect the same courtesy to be extended to the Leader of the Opposition . |
| 19 | ‘ And you expected no such visitors to the priory ? ’ |
| 20 | Almost 200 places , in addition to those in shelters which I have mentioned , have opened this month , and we expect a further 120 places in winter shelters to open very shortly . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The Dutch version is selling well and we expect the German version to do even better . ’ |
| 23 | What we are doing , if we expect a negative outcome , is providing our fear with food from the imagination . |
| 24 | The people slipping and sliding on the pavements , spattered with slush by the passing traffic , look stoically wretched , as if they expect no better from life . |
| 25 | ‘ I am not quite the Hochhauser rapist I am made out to be , but I expect a little peck , just here , on the cheek . ’ |
| 26 | His excuse was forgetfulness but I expect the real reason was lack of funds . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ He says the whole army is unsettled because it 's known that Famagusta will never give up while it expects a relieving ship to arrive . |
| 30 | 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 . |