Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] expect [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I thought the horses I was riding had each way chances but I never expected four winners . |
2 | I half expected some floosie to open it but no , it was Charles . |
3 | We naturally expect British Rail to attach the greatest importance to safety considerations . |
4 | We made amendments to our procedures on the advice of the support group , but we still expected negative comments . |
5 | Might we now expect some clarification regarding Trident . |
6 | We almost expected Red Indians ’ . |
7 | ‘ We therefore expect widespread interest from a variety of types of companies looking to relocate in a town with the high quality of life Southport has to offer particularly to the golf enthusiast . ’ |
8 | Wholesalers reported an increase in sales compared with last year , reversing the previous trend , and they also expect strong growth in sales in February . |
9 | He obviously expected some sort of reaction . |
10 | He always expected other people to clean up after him . |
11 | I bought it today expecting some figures but have n't found any yet . |
12 | In July the company had said that it then expected 32,000 people to take redundancy this year , up from the 20,000 forecast at the beginning of the year : now it says it expects 40,000 to go , 8000 of them in Europe — of which the UK share is 600 , and 4,000 of them in Asia . |
13 | As a former member of his Household explained : ‘ He never expected this kind of reaction . |