Example sentences of "[noun prp] expect [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett expected the Pictish village to be hidden and secretive but suddenly the trees thinned , the sunlight glimmered then poured through as they abruptly left the canopy of trees and entered a large clearing . |
| 2 | Perhaps Edward expected no other outcome , and indeed preparations for another campaign in France were well in hand when the treaty was concluded . |
| 3 | Caretaker manager Malcolm Crosby expects a tougher game against bottom-of-the-table Plymouth at Roker Park tonight than the clash with runaway Second Division leaders Ipswich Town . |
| 4 | Mr. Gould expected a rich harvest from the appearance of the plain , both as respect [ sic ] quadrupeds and birds , but it was remarkably destitute . |
| 5 | Mr Willasey expected the latest document to last through most of the 1990s , but it would be reviewed subject to any changes in fashion trends . |
| 6 | Nor is Mr Marshall expecting a Hollywood-style transformation of the club 's fortunes on the field . |
| 7 | Perez expects the resulting software to resemble Uniface Corp 's 4GL development environment — but with ‘ real ’ GUI functionality and more database connectivity and 4GL options . |
| 8 | Essential 's David Stokes expects the seven employee company to double that effort this year . |
| 9 | House broker County NatWest expects a 36 p.c. rise to £14.4m pre-tax for 1991 and sees £19.3m as attainable this year . |
| 10 | Leading scorer Paul Wilkinson expects a tough match against his first professional club . |
| 11 | A cynical nihilist , Andrei expected a sticky end ( if only at the hands of his master and mistress ) and wanted to live well before it came . |
| 12 | Mary Ingham , also from Leeds , said she had booked to see Swan Lake expecting a traditional production . |
| 13 | So I drove to Portsmouth expecting a great camel of the ocean , a small luxury liner even , at least a boat that could hold its head up in the seafaring world . |
| 14 | Bruno smashed back : ‘ How does Lennox expect the British public to have respect for him when he 's not even resident in this country ? |
| 15 | The Pentagon expects the new Blackjack strategic bomber , which has swing wings like those of the USAF 's B-I , but is bigger , to enter service in 1986 or 1987 . |
| 16 | Rhines expects the Japanese consumer market to strengthen later this year , thus benefiting Texas , and he also expects more political pressure for increased market access . |
| 17 | Industry analysts at Crédit Suisse in Tokyo expect the military side of the aircraft business in Japan to stagnate between now and 1995 . |
| 18 | So , next Tuesday and Wednesday , Christie 's in Amsterdam expects a full turnout of buyers when it sells 28,000 pieces of Chinese porcelain from a burnt-out junk shipwrecked around 1690 off Con Dao Island , Vietnam . |
| 19 | Bayer expects the current trend to have continued in Q4 of 1991 . |
| 20 | Given what seems to be an insatiable demand — with simultaneous booms in office and factory automation , fuelled by the development of new Japanese language processing systems — Mizuno expects a steady stream of new entrants into the software service business during the coming five years . |