Example sentences of "[be] expect a [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | The auctioneers are expecting a good turn out tommorrow . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The Eagles are expecting a 10,000 crowd for the visit of the champions . |
| 9 | Arnold Wilcox-Wood , manager of Clayton Square , says : ‘ We are expecting a high response to this year 's award . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | Many forecasters are expecting an anaemic recovery in the second half . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Maudie had been expecting a better response from her friends , or at the very least a little sympathy , but they seemed not to care . |
| 16 | Back on his farm a few miles from a crash site , Mr Hayton said he 'd been expecting a longer sentence . |
| 17 | He had perhaps been expecting a tougher comment and he hunched his shoulders , muttering suspiciously , ‘ I have n't got no religion . ’ |
| 18 | If she had been expecting an immediate outcry , she was sadly disappointed , but she was a determined young woman . |
| 19 | Bingham will be expecting a solid win and it will be disappointing if he does n't get it . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ They must be expecting a nuclear attack . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | So I 'll be expecting a big pay rise at the end of it . |
| 25 | She 'd be expecting a full report on Pierremont House and the dear little village , so quiet , so tasteful . |
| 26 | ‘ Shearer is only 21 and Blackburn might not be one of the glamour clubs , but they will be expecting an awful lot from him . ’ |
| 27 | Analysts were expecting a good performance from Sainsbury , but at least one is advising investors to look elsewhere . |
| 28 | Insurance companies that issue these fixed rate bonds were expecting a Labour victory and were planning to increase rates today . |
| 29 | The police were expecting a peaceful demonstration , the demolition contractors were n't expecting one at all . |
| 30 | They were expecting a three day music festival at this site near Milton Keynes . |