Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , we was there — I expect for a month . |
| 2 | ‘ Be Modern — Play Old Time ’ advised Sydney Thompson to fellow bandleaders whilst Jack Parnell spelt out , rather controversially , ‘ What I Expect From A Rhythm Section ’ . |
| 3 | Oh , he said , I expect in a minute the door will be flung back and I 'll be dragged off to some sort of temple arena where I 'll fight maybe a couple of giant spiders and an eight-foot slave from the jungles of Klatch and then I 'll rescue some kind of a princess from the altar and then kill off a few guards or whatever and then this girl will show me the secret passage out of the place and we 'll liberate a couple of horses and escape with the treasure . ’ |
| 4 | As our clearance is at 1300 ft I am very quickly levelling out and using the power to achieve the standard 120 kt cruise you expect from a Squirrel . |
| 5 | We canna have everybody putting eights , nines and tens and nobody putting ones , twos , and threes because then it it becomes meaningless er , in relation to the section it 's got to bear some relation to what sort of standard you expect from a child at at such |
| 6 | ‘ You could video that and sell it as what you expect from a player the control , the passing , the will to take responsibility , to work , to retrieve situations . |
| 7 | But when yo when you walk in the door , I mean , first Stuart knew so he that 's why he took me in , and we walk in and there 's a head waiter would you like a table for two sir would you like a non smoking or a smo and then he showed you to your table and pulled your chair , you know , I mean tha not what you expect in a tea shop or coffee place you know i ha ha and they have proper waitresses with the little hat on , you know she 'll get about four tables so they 're looking after you and even on your saucer where you had your I mean yo your teapot and everything on the saucer 's a little mat so that you do n't drip , if it drips |
| 8 | The social position that a person occupies we call a status and the behaviour that we expect from a person occupying that position we call a role . |
| 9 | And we keep records of bookings , stating what is expected of us , and what we expect from a booking , ’ says the cheery singer . |