Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Calais the peg-legged porter unloading the baggage with as much agility as his able-bodied fellows became , in my over-heated imagination , a victim of Verdun , and such was the exotic evocation of ‘ foreign soil ’ , that I think I expected northern France to be totally distinct from southern England — almost like another planet . |
| 2 | ‘ I expect underlying inflation to be 3.75 per cent at the end of this year , close to the top of its target range . |
| 3 | Obviously cold injury is far more common when would you expect cold injury to be common ? |
| 4 | We expect sponsored MPs to be present at important votes , and particularly on these occasions when our members are likely to be infect affected . |
| 5 | Sentiment has not been helped by sharp profit downgrading from such pillars of Japanese business as Sony , Matsushita and Pioneer , though computer group Fujitsu recently said it expected current profits to be modestly increased . |
| 6 | And last night top U.S. military commander General Colin Powell said he expected Western jets to be enforcing the zone within two weeks . |
| 7 | If he expects immediate reaction to this suggestion his child is contaminating his adult . |
| 8 | He expects direct payments to be some £250m for 1993 , while a further £250m will go on the pension fund for early leavers . |
| 9 | It said it expects initial products to be high-end servers and so it turned out in most cases . |