Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adv] expect [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not expecting any deliveries . ’ |
| 2 | And when you 're least expecting those friends or the hungry grandchildren to call round , the Apex will prove most resourceful . |
| 3 | Thus the Welsh Office says : ‘ Hospitals have the option to seek self-governing status , but we are not expecting many applications . ’ |
| 4 | Bernard Moing , Univel 's regional marketing manager for Europe says , ‘ we 're not expecting any returns on UnixWare until the first quarter of 1993 , and then the take up will be limited for a further period . ’ |
| 5 | They are not expecting special dispensation and that is why so many of the Lourdes pilgrimages are undertaken by genuine pilgrims who may not be able to throw away their crutches at the end but will find new strength from their visit . |
| 6 | Weekend press comment about the fragility of the recovery meant they were not expecting good news . |
| 7 | It was as if he were always expecting bad news to be relayed to him . |
| 8 | It was also expected that government spending would be cut by 10 per cent , that state companies would be privatized and that sales taxes would be increased . |
| 9 | He was not expecting this display of outright defiance . |