Example sentences of "expect [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Getting out to open the passenger door for her , he noticed that , in contrast to Francesca , she expected this and accepted the courtesy gratefully . |
| 2 | Expect that and you will have a great holiday . |
| 3 | I fully expect that and I am ready . ’ |
| 4 | So we expect that and we 're pretty certain that 'll come to two six two six . |
| 5 | ‘ Maybe my father would have expected that but certainly not this generation of Serras . |
| 6 | Philip had n't expected that and it unnerved him . |
| 7 | We expect little and get a lot . |
| 8 | Expect little and pressurised in personal of life , and give little . |
| 9 | As Peking 's takeover draws closer , analysts expect more and more companies to follow Jardine-Matheson and Hongkong & Shanghai Bank , and move their official bases outside the territory . |
| 10 | When he did n't she told herself she had n't really expected any and actually preferred it this way . |
| 11 | There was a loud echo in the grounds of Wyvis Hall , Mary 's scream ringing back from off the wood and walls and starry waters , and Rufus , a town dweller who had never spent much time in the countryside , expected alarmed or annoyed people to arrive or the disconnected phone to start shrilling with complaints . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ I expected six or seven calibre applicants , though others in the business said I would be surprised by the numbers to apply . |
| 13 | Chief Insp Roger Worton , of West Yorkshire police , said : ‘ We did n't expect that and it is rather surprising . ’ |
| 14 | And yet , speaking for myself , something stirred within , and I would expect each and every one of us felt this something . |
| 15 | One might expect this because convergent evolution would lead to similar mechanisms to carry out similar functions . |
| 16 | One must expect this and while we are trying to understand fully the development of dune shapes and dune systems , it is necessary that researchers should classify dunes on a descriptive basis . |
| 17 | The SDLP , which can expect three or possibly four MPs if Mr Gerry Adams , the Sinn Fein leader is beaten in West Belfast , would side with Labour . |
| 18 | But as we leave the twentieth century and reflect on the last 100 years , we should expect more than a shallow gallery of designer fancies . |
| 19 | It 's impossible to judge exactly how many people will come in as a result of that and er , how much expenditure will be incurred because as you know we 're in a recessionary period and as you 've already heard there is concern about current trading , but I would hope that it would bring in er , something like a hundred and fifty thousand extra people , certainly in a good year I 'd expect more than that but really that 's about as much as I 'm prepared to say with some additional spending which will be incurred at Alton Towers . |
| 20 | ‘ The market should expect open and honest reporting as a matter of right and those who fall below the required standard should be brought to account , ’ said the Governor . |
| 21 | This being the case , we can expect pragmatic and discoursal behaviour to be important means of identifying the different ways in which Anderson is " vague " in conversation . |
| 22 | A Bank of England notice , Verification of Interim Profits in the Context of the Own Funds Directive ( BSD/1992/5 ) , outlines the scope of work the Bank will expect external or internal auditors to do in verifying current year interim profits . |
| 23 | Fortunately her mother had been told to expect this and the reason for it was explained . |
| 24 | ‘ We have to expect good and bad times . |
| 25 | ‘ We have to expect good and bad times , ’ he said . |
| 26 | WHEN you 've dragged two successive bosses from burning office blocks , you 're entitled to expect more than a departmental memo by way of thanks . |
| 27 | While it may be too much to expect the applicant to appreciate the wider impact and implications of his proposal , and while it may be unreasonable to expect any but the most steadfast defender of National Park principles to resist continual local pressure for change , CPRW hopes that this Inquiry will enable a more far- sighted view of what is at stake , to prevail . |
| 28 | Not quite knowing what to expect other than that she wanted a new job , Jean turned up for work promptly on a cold , wet , Monday morning but found no one to let her in . |
| 29 | He would n't be expecting that and , if he did n't hear her coming , the element of surprise might enable her to get past him . |
| 30 | ‘ We were n't expecting this but we have been campaigning to get rid of the car tax for 20 years . |