Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Much nicer than I expected from the particulars , ’ she added . |
| 2 | The interior was just as I expected from the books I had seen at school . |
| 3 | There was n't much of an atmosphere , well what could I expect with the home team doing so badly at the moment . |
| 4 | Its single dimension in a DIM statement would be the maximum number of names you expected in the table less 1 . |
| 5 | What , after all , had she expected in the Church of England in a provincial town a hundred miles from London and the Midland conurbations ? |
| 6 | If you insert three blank rows at the top of the spreadsheet you can use B2 to record the average inflation per year that you expect for the life of the savings plan . |
| 7 | What else could you expect from the gentry ? |
| 8 | The electronic and acoustic weapons systems of bats , which we discussed in Chapter 2 , have all the finely tuned sophistication that we expect from the end-products of a long arms race . |
| 9 | If district councils in Northern Ireland are to have a meaningful role in promoting tourism and job creation within their areas , can the Secretary of State give us an assurance that he will ask the planners to deal more sympathetically with applications that have district council approval for facilities to cater for the tourists who are coming now and the many more that we expect in the future ? |
| 10 | And what can we expect of the Pitch Shifter live extravaganzas ? |
| 11 | So just what can we expect from the woman who put the ‘ broad ’ in broadcasting ? |
| 12 | What can we expect in the future ? |
| 13 | The three men got away with six times the amount they expected from the raid on a West Auckland Post Office . |
| 14 | Ten minutes later , Mr and Mrs Crumwallis , returning earlier than they expected from the wine and cheese do , heard even from their quarters the noise from the boarding section . |
| 15 | However as Levi points out , different official agencies use these powers in a manner which is related to the level of tolerance they expect from the media and politicians . |
| 16 | Leeds City Council does not expect within its plan period nor does it expect within the period of the North Yorkshire alterations , commuting will disappear . |
| 17 | Will the right hon. Gentleman remind the House how much warning time he had of the conflict in the Gulf , how much warning he expects to have from the IRA before any outrage and how much warning he expects of the consequences of the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the activities of extremists like Mr. Le Pen in France ? |
| 18 | The manager will tell us what he expects before the game and we will feel his eyes burning into us if we do n't do the business . ’ |
| 19 | The manager will tell us what he expects before the game . ’ |
| 20 | Prof Plant , 47 , will not say how much change he expects by the time he retires — even though , as an expert on the German philosopher Hegel , historic change on a grand scale fascinates him . |
| 21 | Prof Plant , 47 , will not say how much change he expects by the time he retires — even though , as an expert on the German philosopher Hegel , historic change on a grand scale fascinates him . |
| 22 | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what revenue he expects from the proceeds of privatisation for the period of the public expenditure survey . |
| 23 | The £3m or so net of expenses that it expects from the placing will go to eliminating existing bank loans , which stood at £952,200 on November 13 , with the balance going for working capital . |
| 24 | Joan McAlpine 's article today on screen violence ( ‘ A hollow hooray for Hollywood ’ ) was not the balanced journalism most of us expect from The Scotsman , but an ill-informed , highly politicised , rant . |