Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect [pers pn] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Mind you erm , I mean that 's not , it 's normal , I expect you to put between six , six ounces and eight ounces . |
2 | Moses and Monarchism is not one of those books of Freud as I expect you to read for this course , I mean I expect you to read things like Civilization 's Discontents and so on because they 're , they 're kind of central and they 're not very large books , they 're clearly er focused on our subject but erm it would be I think a little bit unreasonable for me to expect you to read this one , although , er I 'd quite like you to I mean some ways erm it 's a fascinating book , erm my guess is if it , if you do n't hate it , you 'd probably quite like it . |
3 | Just when you expect them to lash into some wicked rockabilly they come out with the Radio 4 theme music soundalike of ‘ Mala Femmina ’ . |
4 | Just when you expect them to lash into some wicked rockabilly they come out with the Radio 4 theme music soundalike of ‘ Mala Femmina ’ . |
5 | ‘ And you expect me to agree to all that ? |
6 | ‘ I suppose you expect me to pay for that drink , do you ? ’ |
7 | ‘ Do you expect me to apologise for all this ? ’ he asked in a rough voice . |
8 | Returning to the conversation , over the delicious Peking duck , and fresh cabbage washed down with a splendid Chinese wine , our host argued fervently : ‘ Tractors : do not be silly : what would you expect us to do with all the donkey minders ? ’ |
9 | " We expect you to knock off three stories a day , " I was told-and I 'd give a wry look and a grin of resignation to the film crew . |
10 | In fact , since it has been introduced , the rate at which student numbers have increased has been unprecedented and we expect it to increase by 10 per cent . |
11 | They expected me to live on supplementary benefit so I was having to work the street , trying to get my house together . |
12 | The 119-page report is the result of a 10-month review led by the Press Council 's chairman , Mr Louis Blom-Cooper , who after meeting the full council yesterday said he expected it to take until next summer to reach final agreement on the recommendations . |