Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [pron] expect [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | This year we expect consumers to spend some £80 billion on leisure — almost one quarter of consumer spending . |
2 | That evening she expected Edward to join them for dinner at the house . |
3 | One example of this is that the CEGB 's engineering costs for a new coal plant are expected to be 16 per cent higher than for the completion of the coal-fired Drax power station while for a new AGR it expects engineering costs to be 20 per cent lower than for the Heysham II prototype . |
4 | In common with most readers they expected poetry to deal with elegant , or at any rate , elevated topics ; they also believed that there was a special language for poetry which was quite different from the language of prose — and certainly far removed from that of daily conversation . |
5 | By the third day I expect third-years to work alone , and if you slip up , gal , I 'll have your guts for garters ! |