Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect [noun] and [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I expect Thorkel and Hlodver and Odalric to stay where they are and look after my interests until I tell them otherwise . ’ |
| 2 | Still , I expect Grandstand and Question Time are even now fighting it out over who gets me first . |
| 3 | Naturally , in football management you expect ridicule and criticism , and you must always rise above it , especially if it is constructive , but this poor excuse for a handkerchief seems obsessed not with football but with my receding hairline , e.g. the ‘ Spot The Baldy ’ competition on page two , and with making juvenile remarks about my beer gut . |
| 4 | ‘ What colour did she expect broccoli and ham soup to be ? ’ |
| 5 | With their conveniences and their pleasant facades , the two cottages justify her affirmation , which exactly echoes Loudon 's own conviction , that ‘ Life in cottages might be happier than ours , if they were real houses fit for human beings from whom we expect duties and affections . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ They expected telecommunications and roads to be modernized within two or three years , but it will take many , many , years . ’ |