Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I expected a wee charge from Middlesbrough early on .
2 I expected a high-powered event , with dozens , if not hundreds of people present .
3 I 'd therefore grown used to getting a certain amount of respect from other drivers , so when I found one of the clapped-out Toyotas favoured by Asian families in my path one morning I expected a free passage .
4 For a moment I expected a knuckle-rapping response , but after a brief hesitation , he said , ‘ My verse was obscure because I was obscure to myself .
5 Needless to say , I expect a regular progress report . ’
6 ‘ I am not quite the Hochhauser rapist I am made out to be , but I expect a little peck , just here , on the cheek . ’
7 I expect a Public Sector Borrowing Requirement in the current financial year of £35 billion , slightly lower than projected at the time of my Autumn Statement .
8 She expected a loud shout of .
9 You expect a little bit of jostling do n't you when there 's a crowd seen in the penalty box .
10 You expect a whole speech of explanation .
11 They 're forced into a position of dependence and in fact how do you expect a disabled child to be independent when even their parents are n't ?
12 Economic theory would lead you to expect a net gain even in the EC — making it possible to compensate Western Europe 's producers for their losses and still show a gain for consumers and taxpayers .
13 We expected a big postbag but nothing could have prepared us for the fantastic response we received !
14 We expected a physical game and we certainly got one .
15 Its intensity ( that is , its energy content ) is given by the square of this , so we expect a transmitted fraction of unc as is indeed the case .
16 We welcome the emphasis on safety in the North sea , but we expect a parallel prioritisation of the extremely dangerous potential accident sites onshore , and we expect to see an improvement in that situation .
17 What we are doing , if we expect a negative outcome , is providing our fear with food from the imagination .
18 There should then be no plateaux in the Hall voltage because as more electrons are added to an unfilled Landau level we expect a smooth decrease of the Hall voltage .
19 Those ultimate motivations will be the subject of the next section , but here we are interested in exactly what it is that we expect a pragmatic theory to do .
20 In the first month of its operation it received 280 inquiries ; but commenting on this figure , a spokesman said : ‘ We expect a dramatic increase in inquiries once head teachers come back from holiday and examine the information we have sent them ’ .
21 So can we expect a glorious future where dreams and technology merge or are the implications more sinister ?
22 Last night the grieving couple were still baffled by the tragedy that struck down six-year-old Elizabeth a week after doctors said they expected a full recovery from a brain tumour .
23 The reaction of local farmers to this disruption of their normal farming activity was to wait the situation out , as they expected a high price for their lands .
24 ‘ All the independent analysts are now backing their words with money that they expect a gentle recovery to take root next year . ’
25 They expect a Genoese ship ?
26 But as the subject develops we can expect researchers to be more explicit about exactly how they expect a pragmatic theory to be formulated .
27 Forecasting nil growth in the market this year , the company said it expected a slight upturn in the final quarter of 1993 but its total truck sales would not exceed last year 's 32,000 .
28 He said he expected a substantial part of that money to be used as a ‘ starter ’ sum for Darlington schools St Augustines and St Bedes .
29 He expected a celebratory meal on re-entry into this life , and a litre of his own wine from the most recent good vintage .
30 When told it could , Postelnicu made it clear that he expected a regular supply of Scotch to be discreetly deposited there .
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