Example sentences of "[noun prp] expect [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Corbett expected the Pictish village to be hidden and secretive but suddenly the trees thinned , the sunlight glimmered then poured through as they abruptly left the canopy of trees and entered a large clearing . |
2 | Caretaker manager Malcolm Crosby expects a tougher game against bottom-of-the-table Plymouth at Roker Park tonight than the clash with runaway Second Division leaders Ipswich Town . |
3 | Mr. Gould expected a rich harvest from the appearance of the plain , both as respect [ sic ] quadrupeds and birds , but it was remarkably destitute . |
4 | Nor is Mr Marshall expecting a Hollywood-style transformation of the club 's fortunes on the field . |
5 | Leading scorer Paul Wilkinson expects a tough match against his first professional club . |
6 | So I drove to Portsmouth expecting a great camel of the ocean , a small luxury liner even , at least a boat that could hold its head up in the seafaring world . |
7 | Industry analysts at Crédit Suisse in Tokyo expect the military side of the aircraft business in Japan to stagnate between now and 1995 . |
8 | So , next Tuesday and Wednesday , Christie 's in Amsterdam expects a full turnout of buyers when it sells 28,000 pieces of Chinese porcelain from a burnt-out junk shipwrecked around 1690 off Con Dao Island , Vietnam . |
9 | Given what seems to be an insatiable demand — with simultaneous booms in office and factory automation , fuelled by the development of new Japanese language processing systems — Mizuno expects a steady stream of new entrants into the software service business during the coming five years . |