Example sentences of "[noun] expect [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went to the door , opened it and looked down the steps expecting to see the burly figure of the constable emerge and climb the steps to meet him , but to John 's surprise there was nobody at all . |
| 2 | If Gorbachev expects to untie the Gordian knot , he has over-estimated his powers . |
| 3 | Both companies expected to bring the bass Vladimir Ognovenko to sing Boris and the mezzo-soprano Irina Bogatcheva . |
| 4 | The MoD expects to select the new missile design this spring , but the weapon will not be in service until 1986 or 1987 . |
| 5 | They would be at risk from the vastly increased number of cars and heavy lorries expected to use the new tunnel . |
| 6 | The government is this lunchtime expected to announce the third wave of Scottish hospitals to be given self governing status . |
| 7 | At that time , Rommel was in retreat and the Eighth Army expected to enter the major port of Benghazi any day . |
| 8 | The Brasserie was launched as a fully fledged operation expected to do the same level of business as L'Auberge from the start . |
| 9 | The study to which Minerva refers , by Sepkoski et al , compared women who received epidural analgesia , without randomisation , with poorly matched controls who had no pain relief ; matching was based on criteria expected to affect the placental transfer of the local anaesthetic bupivacaine . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , the company expects to ship the first MicroSparc clones next month starting at $3,790 for the Compstation LC and $4,690 for the LX , both undercutting Sun . |