Example sentences of "say [conj] [pers pn] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says that he expected more mud slinging ; Dowty has been very gentlemanly so far . |
| 2 | Mr Lutz Stavenhagen said that he expected 11 out of the 12 EC leaders in Strasbourg to endorse the proposal — a reference to the renewed isolation of Mrs Thatcher over the issue . |
| 3 | In a budget report presented in mid-1990 , the Minister of Finance , Kinza Clodumar , said that he expected that phosphate royalties would drop by A$10,000,000 from the 1989-90 figure of A$25,000,000 . |
| 4 | Sir Peter Holmes , Shell 's chairman who admitted that he was ‘ astonished ’ to discover that the irregularities had occurred through an associate company failing to follow strict rules against speculative dealing , said that he expected any further exposure to be limited to a £65 million charge which the company would take in its accounts for the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 5 | Den Bosch , Netherlands-based Tulip Computers NV reported a loss — the first in its history — of about $8m for 1992 , and said it is cutting out the dividend , but the shares improved about 8% after the company said that it expected better 1993 results — and the loss was not as bad as had been feared : analysts had seen a loss of as much as $13m . |
| 6 | While I accept that , I have to say that we expect those undertaking the review to have complete power to look into all areas and , specifically , to consider whether safety representatives who are not backed by a trade union are in a position to give the same kind of expert advice as would be expected from safety representatives appointed by a trade union . |
| 7 | ‘ Let us just say that we expect this to be your only half-witted jape for the entire term . |