Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect a windfall of treesnakes and insects |
| 2 | You see , I expect a lot of Labour voters will spoil their ballot papers by writing ‘ F … ing Tory ’ next to my name . |
| 3 | Yet the aim is for individuals on both sides to come together and explore , ex tempore , mutual areas of interest in the conference venue , the Glasgow Hilton , ( ’ I expect a lot of the business to be done in the corridors ’ , said Howell ) or at the Computer Solutions Show which runs simultaneously at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre . |
| 4 | She had n't expected him to greet her with ecstatic joy — his emotions were n't extreme like Lowell 's thankfully — but neither had she expected a degree of embarrassment . |
| 5 | And naturally you expect a member of our own family to be trustworthy . |
| 6 | In the past , this did not mean that we would not move from company to company , it most certainly did not mean that we ha that we thought we had a job for life , but it did mean that we expected a degree of permanence and improvement as part of the reward for our endeavours and labour . |
| 7 | There 's a lot of talent among these youngsters and we expect a lot of them . ’ |
| 8 | they expected , they expected a lot of er applications . |
| 9 | And they expected a lot of but they did n't expect that many . |
| 10 | This year they expect a turnover of £170 m , and More than half their shoes are sold abroad . |
| 11 | ‘ They expect a fleet of Genoese ships . |
| 12 | Stok sipped his drink and waited as though he expected a round of applause . |
| 13 | Best who was at a Lions selection meeting in Edinburgh yesterday morning , reckoned the margin and manner of Scotland 's 20-0 victory would certainly have England worried and that he expected a cracker of a game on Saturday week at Twickenham , where Scotland have won only twice , in 1971 and 1983 , since the Second World War . |
| 14 | Their routine is quite demanding and in some ways it expects a level of determination on the part of the rehabilitee that would probably be high enough to get him back to work without a course of formal rehabilitation . |
| 15 | It expects a deficit of $30 billion ( £18 billion ) this year , against the Treasury 's £14.5 billion . |
| 16 | And having long been supported by the institution he will be crucially aware that it expects a degree of loyalty verging on deference or acquiescence . |
| 17 | Earlier this month SunSoft Inc president Ed Zander , told us to expect a version of its Unix operating system to feature on the PowerPC RISC ( CI No 2,124 ) . |
| 18 | Earlier this month SunSoft Inc president , Ed Zander , told us to expect a version of its Unix operating system to feature on the PowerPC RISC ( UX No 426 ) . |