Example sentences of "expect [adj] and " 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 | Philip had n't expected that and it unnerved him . |
| 6 | We expect little and get a lot . |
| 7 | Expect little and pressurised in personal of life , and give little . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | When he did n't she told herself she had n't really expected any and actually preferred it this way . |
| 10 | Chief Insp Roger Worton , of West Yorkshire police , said : ‘ We did n't expect that and it is rather surprising . ’ |
| 11 | And yet , speaking for myself , something stirred within , and I would expect each and every one of us felt this something . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Fortunately her mother had been told to expect this and the reason for it was explained . |
| 16 | ‘ We have to expect good and bad times . |
| 17 | ‘ We have to expect good and bad times , ’ he said . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ROS : Well , really — I mean , people want to be entertained — they do n't come expecting sordid and gratuitous fifth . |
| 20 | Lynn Reaser , the chief economist at First Interstate , expects northern and central California to pull out of recession later this year , but southern California to lag behind . |
| 21 | I expected hundred and forty at least ! |