Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] expect [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I look , I half expect to see the air above the building turbulent and violent with the compressed energy of the pain and anger held there . |
| 2 | They ranged from a tiny mouse , with lifelike whiskers and a twitchy nose , to a metre-high Pied Piper , whose grin was so wickedly triumphant that she almost expected to see the children of Hamlin following behind . |
| 3 | Spokesman Ken Lawrence said : ‘ Despite what has been written in TODAY , we still expect to win the vote . ’ |
| 4 | They hardly expected to see the BMW waiting for them at the dockside , but after they had parked the car and got the ticket , they began to look at their watches , and each other . |
| 5 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he now expects to place the order for the fourth Trident submarine . |