Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] expect the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she thumped the cake down so hard in front of me that I expected the plate to shatter . |
| 2 | Wednesday is Fantasy day in the Torygraph so I expect the details to be in there again next week , as nothing more will have happened by then fantasy-wise cos there are no Premiership games . |
| 3 | Lois Lane , manageress of the Fenham Fund , has no views about the general level of futures prices for the commodities she is considering trading , but does have a view about relative price movements , in that she expects the price of kryptonite futures to rise relative to that of phlogiston futures . |
| 4 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that , through his energy and skill , he has now given a powerful send-off to the new United Nations and its new Secretary-General in the very complex and difficult tasks that we expect the UN to have to face in the post-cold-war world ? |
| 5 | Even with this beta version , no major problems have surfaced , so we expect the release version to be very solid and robust . |
| 6 | Bush said , however , that he would use his executive discretion to modify or suspend US sanctions when two more of the five conditions were met ; administration officials said that they expected the freeing of political prisoners and the lifting of the state of emergency in Natal to be regarded as adequate moves . |
| 7 | The IMF said in its April 1991 forecast that it expected the US economy to shrink by 0.1 per cent in 1991 , before making a full recovery to 2.8 per cent growth in 1992 . |
| 8 | Hewlett says that it expects the pact to generate around $100m of sales over three years . |
| 9 | It could be that a firm may only be able to say with any certainty that it expects the rate of return on an investment project to be within a particular range , say 10 to 15 per cent . |
| 10 | The sting for the oil industry came in the Chancellor 's later acknowledgment that he expected the changes in the oil taxation system to yield £300 million in additional Government revenue in 1994-95 and about £400 million the following year . |
| 11 | The UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar confirmed on Nov. 18 that he expected the release of the five remaining Western hostages by Christmas . |
| 12 | Sir Russell added that he expected the Chancellor 's action would provoke a strong response from his constituents . |
| 13 | At one point he even went as far as to tell a group of American diplomats that he expected the United States to take over the " primary role " which the British had hitherto held in the Middle East . |
| 14 | In this he was only following in Lanfranc 's footsteps , and it is clear that he expected the king to exercise more authority in ecclesiastical affairs than the more ‘ advanced ’ ecclesiastical theorists of his time thought tolerable . |
| 15 | But Bristol City chairman Leslie Kew , also chairman of the strife-torn Anglo-Italian Cup said last night that he expected the competition to be staged again next year despite the appalling disciplinary record in this season 's tournament . |
| 16 | But Bosnia 's Muslim president , Alija Izetbegovic , said yesterday on a visit to Turkey that he expected the Geneva talks to resume in two weeks . |
| 17 | When asked about a timeframe for these auctions , the spokesman said that there was ‘ no hurry ’ but that he expected the aircraft to have gone to its new home by Christmas . |
| 18 | While not giving details of the pricing , he said that the price-performance curve on the 80486 is the basis for pricing of the Pentium and that he expected the sort of dynamic that applied to the 80486 to apply to the Pentium as well — the 80486 being introduced at $900 to $1,000 and falling to $200 over a period of four years — at a rate of 30% per year . |
| 19 | The chief inspector of nuclear installations , Ron Anthony , now admits that he expected the inquiry to open later in the licensing procedure — which is independent of the inquiry 's deliberations . |
| 20 | He gave important , but merely verbal assurances that the proceeds from it for the arts , heritage , sport and charities would not substitute other government funds for these areas and that he expected the cash to begin flowing at the end of 1994 . |
| 21 | The chief executive of State of Israel Bonds , Meyir Rosenne , says that he expects the issue to sell out in two weeks , something that would take him ten weeks in normal times . |
| 22 | While he could provide no time scale for this , he did say that he expects the business to grow at 20% per annum . |
| 23 | ‘ Nevertheless , conditions in certain markets of importance to Volex give grounds for optimism and I expect the Group to make further progress in the current year . ’ |
| 24 | She was a nice girl and she expected the ring . |
| 25 | She scraped her chair away from her desk and stared at it as if she expected the spider to jump through the lid . |
| 26 | The Government are playing their part to alleviate those difficulties and we expect the mortgage lenders — all the responsible ones — to play their part in that . |
| 27 | We have released sites er in the countryside and we expect the countryside protection policy to apply outside the urban areas and outside of the sites that we 've allocated for development . |
| 28 | Because women 's work is never done , and underpaid , or unpaid , or boring or repetitious and we 're the first to get the sack , and what we look like is more important than what we do , and if we get raped it 's our fault , and if we get bashed we must have provoked it , if we raise our voices we 're nagging bitches , and if we enjoy sex we 're nymphs and if we do n't we 're frigid , and if we love women it 's because we ca n't get a real man , and if we ask our doctor too many questions we 're neurotic and if we expect the community to care for our children we 're selfish , and if we stand up for our rights we 're aggressive and unfeminine , and if we do n't we 're typical weak females , and if we want to get married we 're out to trap a man , and if we do n't we 're unnatural , and because we ca n't get adequate safe contraceptives , but men can walk on the moon , and we ca n't cope or do n't want a pregnancy we 're made to feel guilty about abortion , and for lots and lots of other reasons we 're all part of the Women 's Liberation Movement . |
| 29 | But they do it though and they expect the cleaners to do it for no extra pay ? |
| 30 | ‘ A fair day 's work for a fair day 's pay ’ was their motto and , if they expected the pay to satisfy them , they also confidently expected the work to satisfy everybody , including themselves . |