Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] expect [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So although I had expected a life of some leisure , I found myself lucky to be apprenticed to a carpenter in Kendal . |
| 2 | It seemed that he 'd expected the animal 's response to be more intense on the second day , but it actually scored lower on his scale . |
| 3 | Zakrewski confirmed that he did expect the legislation to hurt its Polish acquisition , DHI , which currently expects to turn over $15m in the market this year , and added ‘ The result will be that there will be some preferred companies who have been doing assembly that will be supported , and they will grow and make a huge amount of money by reselling imports , not by assembling ; it 's a scandal . |
| 4 | The young prune wears his tie crooked , and I keep expecting the policeman to lean forward and straighten it . |
| 5 | You know , I 've allowed you all to speak , and I do expect the courtesy of |
| 6 | And I get such a fright cos I keep expecting a bird |
| 7 | But if she had expected a reaction of guilty surprise she was disappointed . |
| 8 | Taking into account the length for the length of the features and the cons the consultation that take place and the length of time they take , I do not expect to see er Bungay bypass construction for some time yet , but I do expect the County Council to progress on that in such a manner that Bungay will not grind to a halt . |
| 9 | Er , I make a point of never saying I told you so , but we did expect the upturn to come , because fundamentally stru er , Camco is a strong business . |
| 10 | But he does expect the weakness of sterling to have a beneficial effect in the coming year . |
| 11 | This peculiar state of affairs mystified me , as I had expected the presence of a local bus IDE host card to make itself felt in a big way . |