Example sentences of "[pron] expect a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I expected a wee charge from Middlesbrough early on . |
| 2 | She expected a loud shout of . |
| 3 | Those who expected a predictable finale to this unpredictable match got far more than they anticipated . |
| 4 | Even rewards such as these were a shade oblique for those who expected a direct return upon money invested . |
| 5 | You expect a little bit of jostling do n't you when there 's a crowd seen in the penalty box . |
| 6 | You expect a whole speech of explanation . |
| 7 | Such a policy of extensification would avoid food mountains and ensure that our land was properly looked after by farmers who want to work and who expect a reasonable return for their efforts . |
| 8 | They 're forced into a position of dependence and in fact how do you expect a disabled child to be independent when even their parents are n't ? |
| 9 | But if he killed Harry , would n't you expect a greater amount of soaking ? ’ |
| 10 | Its intensity ( that is , its energy content ) is given by the square of this , so we expect a transmitted fraction of unc as is indeed the case . |
| 11 | We welcome the emphasis on safety in the North sea , but we expect a parallel prioritisation of the extremely dangerous potential accident sites onshore , and we expect to see an improvement in that situation . |
| 12 | Over the next twelve months we expect a further increase in those needing our Home Care service to enable them to live and die at home . |
| 13 | We expect a further reduction in 1993 . |
| 14 | There should then be no plateaux in the Hall voltage because as more electrons are added to an unfilled Landau level we expect a smooth decrease of the Hall voltage . |
| 15 | In the first month of its operation it received 280 inquiries ; but commenting on this figure , a spokesman said : ‘ We expect a dramatic increase in inquiries once head teachers come back from holiday and examine the information we have sent them ’ . |
| 16 | Last night the grieving couple were still baffled by the tragedy that struck down six-year-old Elizabeth a week after doctors said they expected a full recovery from a brain tumour . |
| 17 | The reaction of local farmers to this disruption of their normal farming activity was to wait the situation out , as they expected a high price for their lands . |
| 18 | But as the subject develops we can expect researchers to be more explicit about exactly how they expect a pragmatic theory to be formulated . |
| 19 | Forecasting nil growth in the market this year , the company said it expected a slight upturn in the final quarter of 1993 but its total truck sales would not exceed last year 's 32,000 . |
| 20 | He said he expected a substantial part of that money to be used as a ‘ starter ’ sum for Darlington schools St Augustines and St Bedes . |
| 21 | He expected a celebratory meal on re-entry into this life , and a litre of his own wine from the most recent good vintage . |
| 22 | When told it could , Postelnicu made it clear that he expected a regular supply of Scotch to be discreetly deposited there . |
| 23 | Mr Ebbert warned that the company would have to continue operating at reduced output levels for the immediate future , even though he expected a modest improvement in total UK new car sales this year — a rise of perhaps about 7 per cent to 1.7 million . |
| 24 | Why did he expect a good crop of sugarbeet ? |
| 25 | He expects a similar situation with Alpha , but says the company has just signed its first large contract in the US . |
| 26 | It expects a non-Russian contractor to be commissioned soon to construct an international terminal at Domodeovo . |
| 27 | It expects a slow take-up of server versions of the operating system , and forecasts NT will take a 6.5% share of all server systems sold in Europe by 1996 . |
| 28 | The decades since 1950 , the 40 most revolutionary years in the history of human society , should lead us to expect a massive disintegration of old values , a collapse of old certainties . |