Example sentences of "expect this [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She pledged that the Government would safeguard those that did not opt for trust status , but she expected this to be a minority . |
| 2 | ‘ People expect this to be a male-dominated field and female accountants are expected to be dreary number-shufflers . |
| 3 | ‘ Let us just say that we expect this to be your only half-witted jape for the entire term . |
| 4 | ‘ We expect this to be treated as a separate case of possession of heroin for personal use , ’ she said . |
| 5 | Many people expect this of The Smiths . |
| 6 | The attitude that ‘ you must expect this at your age ’ is something that is heard all too often . |
| 7 | Ministers of state , great noblemen , and royal favourites could expect this as a matter of course . |
| 8 | When when can we expect this as a standard feature on the database ? |
| 9 | We might expect this to be lower than the effect of being in the service class . |
| 10 | Naturally you should not expect this to be a full consultation , but it should give you time to see how you relate to the particular therapist concerned and how much confidence you feel in him . |
| 11 | Even if labour moves between firms , they carry with them more skill and experience than a new recruit and may therefore expect this to be rewarded . |
| 12 | Theoretically , we might expect this to be so , since the same environment tends to support the same kind of organisms , but in fact the persistence of some fossils appears to go far beyond what we know at the present day . |
| 13 | But he said : ‘ We would not expect this to be the case when the ambulance station is within a few hundred yards of the person who made the call . ’ |
| 14 | Arguably the most majestic covering was black Utrecht velvet ( Col. 15 ) ; Nelson 's 1806 coffin , furnished by Messrs France of London , with its gilt bronze fittings on padded velvet , was particularly sumptuous ( Col. 16 ) , but one would expect this of the crown undertaker 's work . |
| 15 | I did n't expect this of you . |
| 16 | I would not normally expect this from a Severum — but then I have never heard of a Severum eating Halfbeaks . |
| 17 | ‘ I did not expect this from you , Louisa . |
| 18 | The special analyst they got for Italia 90 was Docherty , and he was , on the whole , pretty pathetic ( although I was amazed when , during England- Cameroun , he stated that England was playing terribly ; did n't expect this from someone commenting for a TV audience which was solidly pro-England ) . |
| 19 | Most lay witnesses will expect this in any event and can see why they are necessary , if only to facilitate time off work and the payment of expenses . |
| 20 | I think it 's more when we actually see people doing it , but it 's all , it 's a nice idea to give you a little bit of basic just to think about , and again we wo n't be expecting this to be demonstrated to the on this afternoon 's role page , you done all your preparations for that have n't you . |
| 21 | While worldwide , he anticipates that revenues will increase by between 15% and 20% , he expects this to be more like 27% to 30% in the UK . |
| 22 | Suppose a person has an increase in W u , but expects this to be later offset by a reduction , so that Cu is not changed . |