Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I expected to see the prince my husband at Mass this morning , my lady , she said .
2 I expected to see the laurel leaf in the back you know
3 Every time I returned home I expected to find the police waiting .
4 I expect to see the trend continue if sensible policies continue to be pursued .
5 I shall draw up a timetable , hour by hour , and allowing for the fact that he must have slept , I expect to see the spaces filled in .
6 I expect to double the yield of Tobacco this harvest , but I am sensible that you desire us to put more land under the cane , this sugar trade being the more profitable at home and the Negroes most apt to its cultivation .
7 When the lonely howl of a wolf carried to them through the forest , Isabel jumped , glancing at the door as if she expected to see the beast standing there .
8 Get there early — at least one hour before you expect to see the badgers — and do n't walk over the sett or across the entrances .
9 It is quite unrealistic to think that you can spend every waking moment working , but it is equally unrealistic to have hobbies and interests which fill every evening and the weekend and for you to expect to pass the course .
10 I really would like to comment further , but I 'm not able so to do er we have all heard the autumn statement er from the Chancellor of the Exchequer last week , following on from that we expect to receive the draft standard spending assessment for Suffolk on or about the twenty sixth of this month , er and it really is , will be er when we have that indication that er Policy Committee will give to er , pull together the strings for the preparation of next year 's budget .
11 We expect to enjoy the experience of viewing .
12 Whereas our grandparents and , perhaps , even our parents frowned upon buying anything unless they had saved all the money required , today we expect to own the luxuries of life now and are prepared to bridge the gap between our savings and the price with a loan .
13 Whereas our grandparents and , perhaps , even our parents frowned upon buying anything unless they had saved all the money required , today we expect to own the luxuries of life now and are prepared to bridge the gap between our savings and the price with a loan .
14 We expect to have the sprayer for five years , and the way the law is changing , closed transfer systems will probably soon be compulsory anyway , ’ thinks Mr Doig .
15 We expect to ratify the treaty .
16 We expect to complete the turn-round in the first half of 1993 , ’ says Shah , ‘ and to be profitable on a global basis in the second half . ’
17 Leading Oxfordshire as ever we 're with the England amateur captain Phil Garner ; Phil , tomorrow 's match — with the weather unsettled , can we expect to see the spin attack of Rupert Evans and Ian Curtis turn the tables again ?
18 Rover had not set a figure on how many workers they expected to take the cash offer , he added .
19 The intention of the plaintiffs was , to my mind , clear ; they expected to recover the money if they won their action .
20 After a three-month stoppage , engineers said last week that they expected to have the plant running again in a fortnight .
21 And afterwards they expect to form the nucleus of the ‘ new ’ Ireland built for Poland and August 's Inter Continental Cup .
22 By holding stock in a company , they expect to win the business of insuring its employees .
23 AIX Expo and the Power Solutions Conference , the exclusively IBM shindig , has been scheduled for October 20–23 at the San Jose Convention Centre in California : they expect to change the world .
24 Perhaps they expect to get the club services free of charge .
25 They expect to have the stuff ready in July .
26 In that event , how would they expect to protect the consumer ?
27 When he opened his eyes , the taste of blood sharp in his mouth , he expected to see the assassin disappearing into the shadows of the park , but the bizarre Mr Pie was standing at the kerb looking back at him .
28 Mr Wiseman said he expected to announce the name shortly .
29 It was not the moment she would have chosen , but the determined glint in Silas 's eye told her he expected to hear the truth .
30 He expected to get the money back after the weekend .
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