Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect [pos pn] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect my employees to keep their minds on the job ! |
| 2 | For the rest of the year , for 358 days , I expect my mind to achieve autonomy over my problems and I plod on while life with a capital L proceeds independently of me . |
| 3 | I do not expect King Arthur to rise fully accoutred from the cave in which he lies asleep , any more than I expect my father to clamber out of his shallow pit of prison lime . |
| 4 | ‘ I expect our journey to track down Jeff will take us to areas you have n't seen . ’ |
| 5 | Moral of the story : make it clear to your suppliers exactly what you expect your machine to do . |
| 6 | Note your own interpretation of the sequence , then make a note of the interpretations you expect your students to make . |
| 7 | Most of the time we communicate verbally to each other , and we expect our horses to do the same . |
| 8 | Today we expect our stars to have social consciences and wide-ranging opinions . |
| 9 | I mean starting from the way children go to school in the morning — they expect their parents to take them quite often , and to contribute to pollution . |
| 10 | I 'm told they behave here as if they expect their empire to last forever . |