Example sentences of "expect [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He expected William Temple to back Henson and was grieved to find that his hero was weak because he refused to stand up and fight . |
| 2 | The Franks were also worried about how ‘ tough ’ Carter appeared — before they toured with the duo they expected Jim Bob and Fruitbat to beat them up . |
| 3 | Frankly , I expected Philippa Lowthorpe 's film about love among the over-65s to come out like a cross between Esther Rantzen at her drippiest and Coronation Street at its dopiest . |
| 4 | The war now being effectively over , they expected Richard Baxter to return to them . |
| 5 | Spurs , unbeaten in six games , expect striker Gordon Durie to play with stitches in the head wound he sustained on international duty with Scotland . |
| 6 | Many observers had expected Rafeeuddin Ahmed , the UN Under-Secretary-General responsible for Cambodia since 1982 , to take charge of the operation . |
| 7 | The Martin Pipe camp believe that they would have beaten Morley Street granted a faster pace in the Elite Hurdle here last month , but I doubt it and confidently expect Toby Balding 's star to confirm his superiority on 6lb better terms . |
| 8 | But I expect Miss Prentisse told you about it . |
| 9 | I expect Dr Roberts will put Sandra on the pill . ’ |
| 10 | But some foreign bankers also expect South Korea to develop into a regional financial centre second only to Hong Kong on the Asian mainland . |
| 11 | Expect North Korea to drive a hard bargain . |
| 12 | Tainted by the worst recession in 60 years , a record 1.05 million people out of work and a perception that Labor was fatigued after ten years in office , few had expected Mr Keating to scrape in . |
| 13 | Western diplomats had expected Mr Christopher to raise the issue of Syria 's tiny Jewish community , which was allowed to immigrate for much of last year , until Syria stopped granting exit visas . |
| 14 | The announcement came as a shock because they and other political observers had expected Mr Ben Ali to announce moves towards liberalisation in a speech he gave yesterday marking the second anniversary of his coming to power . |
| 15 | Financial markets had expected Mr Lawson to give a clear signal on when the pound will enter the exchange rate mechanism of the European Monetary System in a speech to the City at the Mansion House next Thursday . |
| 16 | ‘ I had expected Mr Beckenham would have been in contact with you at least , ma'am , ’ he said with a frown . |
| 17 | Leeds expect full-backs Jon Newsome and Tony Dorigo to shake off minor knocks but await a late fitness test on England midfielder David Batty . |
| 18 | From New York are expected Matthew Marks , Andrea Rosen , American Fine Arts , Pat Hearn , Feature , Lisa Spellman of 303 and Nordenstadt-Skarsted of New York and Stockholm . |
| 19 | Some MPs expect Mr Lamont to widen the 20p income tax band introduced last year from the first £2,000 of earnings to £3,000 . |
| 20 | Premier League chairmen struck a note of compromise rather than confrontation in London yesterday and they expect Mr Taylor to respond . |
| 21 | I expect Mr Rushton will come and make dinner for you both tonight . ’ |
| 22 | Few people in Japan expect Mr Gorbachev to make more than a few diplomatic utterances about the islands while in Tokyo . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , I expect Mr Gajdusek will give you time off to compensate , ’ she suggested , holding down more remarks , though in actual fact it was questions which sprang to her lips : where had Mr Gajdusek gone and how long would he be away ? |
| 24 | I expect Mr Hacker … ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I expect Mr Morgan is pulling out all Iris stops . ’ |
| 26 | " I expect Mr. Preston 's secretary is still at lunch , " Sara said . |
| 27 | The two men had gone out at dawn each morning , and for five consecutive days their huers had run up and down the cliff paths , whistling and signalling with flags and gorse bushes to guide the two fleets to the shoals ; and while everyone in Polruan had confidently expected Sam Gristy to win hands down , it now looked as though Harry had the edge . |
| 28 | ‘ I expect Mrs Jourdelay is familiar with the quotation , ’ Mr Hobbs said . |
| 29 | She wanted the case dealt with in a proper and fair way ; she did not , she said , expect Mrs Kemp to be more sympathetic , but she would be fair . |
| 30 | The press expect manager Butcher to lose his job shortly . |