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

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1 If by now you 're expecting a Manic Miner ish run-round-platforms-collecting-things game , you 're absolutely …
2 America 's visible-trade balance is also shrinking , so some forecasters are expecting a current-account deficit as small as $20 billion-30 billion ( 0.3% of GNP ) for 1991 as a whole .
3 Analysts are concerned US shares can not sustain their current levels and they are expecting a sharp fall on Wall Street later .
4 Piontek said : ‘ People are expecting a new Lineker to come through straight away and that is not possible .
5 The auctioneers are expecting a good turn out tommorrow .
6 If we are expecting a good level of practice from proprietors , whether private proprietors or statutory , then we have not to expect them to be out of pocket at the end of the day as a result .
7 A survey by the Engineering Employers ' Federation into the effects of new anti-pollution legislation has concluded that up to 50 companies may go out of business ; 200 are expecting a serious decline in profitability , and many hundreds more are uncertain about their future .
8 The Christian Democrats — 34.3 per cent last time — are expecting a small loss , but a drop to below 30 per cent would be seen as disaster .
9 The Eagles are expecting a 10,000 crowd for the visit of the champions .
10 Arnold Wilcox-Wood , manager of Clayton Square , says : ‘ We are expecting a high response to this year 's award .
11 ‘ Even though we are expecting an inflationary increase of 1.9 per cent , our costs have gone up by between 6 per cent and 7 percent .
12 Many forecasters are expecting an anaemic recovery in the second half .
13 These parties of mine have become something of an institution , and I am expecting a large number of people to come in and give their comments on the results in various constituencies .
14 I 'd been expecting a great hall with a giant round table , towering turrets , a moat and a drawbridge , but , of course , it turned out to be a ruin .
15 He had been expecting a great difference , but not the extent of the hostility that had greeted him and the reality of a giant Worm wielding enormous electrical energy .
16 Maudie had been expecting a better response from her friends , or at the very least a little sympathy , but they seemed not to care .
17 Back on his farm a few miles from a crash site , Mr Hayton said he 'd been expecting a longer sentence .
18 He had perhaps been expecting a tougher comment and he hunched his shoulders , muttering suspiciously , ‘ I have n't got no religion . ’
19 If she had been expecting an immediate outcry , she was sadly disappointed , but she was a determined young woman .
20 Bingham will be expecting a solid win and it will be disappointing if he does n't get it .
21 He wished all the units had gone self-governing to allow the district to concentrate on its needs assessment and purchasing role and predicted that the units might be expecting a cosier relationship than he anticipated .
22 ‘ I was thinking I 'm going to be picked up at JFK and they 'll be expecting a black feminist and they 'll realise they 've got the wrong author . ’
23 ‘ They must be expecting a nuclear attack . ’
24 She realised she was on her own ; George must be expecting a true Conflict Situation if he was already saving his last bullet for himself .
25 So I 'll be expecting a big pay rise at the end of it .
26 She 'd be expecting a full report on Pierremont House and the dear little village , so quiet , so tasteful .
27 ‘ Shearer is only 21 and Blackburn might not be one of the glamour clubs , but they will be expecting an awful lot from him . ’
28 Analysts were expecting a good performance from Sainsbury , but at least one is advising investors to look elsewhere .
29 Insurance companies that issue these fixed rate bonds were expecting a Labour victory and were planning to increase rates today .
30 The police were expecting a peaceful demonstration , the demolition contractors were n't expecting one at all .
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