Example sentences of "expect to see [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expected to see all kind of things you know |
| 2 | At any moment I expected to see one drop with a cardiac arrest , but the sultan told us not to underestimate their power . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , President Roh Tae Woo of South Korea welcomed the recent progress in relations between the two states , and on July 6 suggested that he expected to see Korean reunification achieved within five years . |
| 4 | They never expected to see any freedom in their lifetime . |
| 5 | He half expected to see some naked tourist in the corner , bound and gagged . |
| 6 | An unfinished coffin on black tressels , which stood in the middle of the shop , looked so gloomy and death-like that a cold tremble came over him , every time his eyes wandered in the direction of the dismal object : from which he almost expected to see some frightful form slowly rear its head , to drive him mad with terror . |
| 7 | He looked around him , as if he expected to see another presence there . |
| 8 | Comedienne Ruby Wax is expected to see one of the performances — a return visit to Liverpool following her appearance at this year 's Festival of Comedy . |
| 9 | Both these cat families were in zoos , where the proximity of the male was forced on the female and where , if anywhere , one might have expected to see tom-cat aggression towards the young . |
| 10 | The rest of continental Europe is not expected to see any significant growth during the year . |
| 11 | I had almost expected to see giant Atlantic waves smashing against the great wall but , no , the far side was still quite calm , sunshine , a picturesque blue bay , shell white/silver beaches though , on the horizon , ominous looking ranks of white surf . |
| 12 | It is expected to see initial revenues from the Sentry-E as in the fourth quarter , with first-year sales put at about $25m . |
| 13 | There were heavy snowfalls in areas which never expect to see such wintry conditions . |
| 14 | With the economy moving out of recession we expect to see fewer clients cutting back and this should help reduce our terminations . |
| 15 | As its performance continue to improve , we expect to see growing private sector interest in purchasing it outright . |
| 16 | Our estate agency loss has been reduced and we expect to see some improvement in this business as the housing market responds to lower interest rates . |
| 17 | Following that up when , when can your long suffering shareholders er , expect to see any return on the B Sky B stake and a follow up on that ? |
| 18 | I liked her Mat Coward and Edward Pearce ( ‘ Socialism 's answer to Ezra Pound , only more confused ’ and ‘ A sort of sober Dylan Thomas ’ ) , and confidently expect to see more of her in the future . |
| 19 | Allowing for intersubject variability , one night still expect to see marked changes in the histology of the small bowel after infusion of 100 mg of pure peptide . |
| 20 | Similarly , when the functions of institutions alter radically we may expect to see corresponding structural changes . |
| 21 | She did not expect to see much of Liz and Alix , who had married and made their own lives after another pattern . |
| 22 | The 1991 results are likely to be poor but , as the dominant UK credit insurer operating in the longest and deepest recession for many years , one can hardly expect to see good figures . |
| 23 | You 've been brought up in a television age and you 've been particularly been brought up in an age of card cartoons and soap operas and in all of those you would er expect to see good being oppressed that 's part of the plot in every cartoon there is a plot in every soap opera , that the good the good people actually end up in difficult situations and the way that results in the cartoons and in the soap operas is usually find revenge or punishment . |
| 24 | The new season is about to start for the NMS outstations and visitors can expect to see many new exhibits and displays . |
| 25 | Do you actually do you personally expect to see many more people staying at home ? |
| 26 | In the case of both Interleaf and Xerox 's Documenter the companies have also recognised the importance of being able to accept textual or graphic information from other sources and this is something that we would expect to see other vendors follow suit on . |
| 27 | The implications of this for employment are that we would still expect to see large-scale manufacturing in developed countries , absorbing substantial amounts of labour ( though this labour would be involved in knowledge work rather than metal-bashing ) ; and we would expect to see more labour employed again in small firms producing semi-custom-made products or services using machinery produced by the large companies . |
| 28 | This was the traditional pattern which one would expect to see continued , as indeed it was , into the sixteenth century . |
| 29 | Er , the position of the British government is this , that it regrets er the inconvenience and the expense , er it would like to see a very sensible resolution but it knows that there will only be a resolution as I know the honourable gentleman knows by unanimity and it does not expect to see that unanimity in the future though it will work for it . |
| 30 | Having said that er we would prefer a quota system for er Stansted because without it , we could have a large number of noisey flights into Stansted and , and also that er in terms of er both this and further consultations we would expect to see full information providing us from er , a to enable us to make a sensible conclusion . |