Example sentences of "expect [pers pn] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact we expected them to solve the problem for us . |
| 2 | ‘ No politician likes leaving an election campaign in full swing , but Britain 's farmers and fishermen expect me to do the job I was appointed for and I am not prepared to take the risk of measures hostile to the UK getting through because I am not there , ’ said Mr Curry , who is defending a 17,000 Conservative majority . |
| 3 | ‘ Yet you expect me to conduct the case and arrive at decisions , even order an arrest , while sitting at a desk . ’ |
| 4 | To tell these in their own right and expect them to retain the charm they got from their larger setting would be a terrible error , an error to which Tolkien would be more sensitive than any man alive . |
| 5 | ‘ They are saying to the council that they 've got to listen to how their employees and the public feel , and not to impose the cuts of central government on their workers and expect them to carry the consequences . ’ |
| 6 | He said : ‘ The Tories have slashed the value of their houses — but still expect them to pay the council tax as if nothing has happened . |
| 7 | A sentence such as ( 8 ) below could refer to the past ( How could you have expected me to know the answers to those questions which you asked me last week ? ) , the present ( Why are you asking me ? |
| 8 | So I expect you to have the things out and . |
| 9 | Well I expect him to pay the insurance . |
| 10 | She had quite expected him to stop the car on the way home and make a grab at her and she was all prepared to cope with it , had her little speech ready about what a wonderful evening she 'd had but at the moment she was concentrating on her career and did n't really want to waste time on that kind of thing . |
| 11 | East Germans expect it to scrap the security police wing while shifting its intelligence work to the interior ministry or a new agency . |
| 12 | The Gift Of Song is being released on June 7 , the start of National Housing Week , and organisers expect it to top the compilation album charts . |
| 13 | They do n't give us anything , but still expect us to pay the poll tax . ’ |
| 14 | But they expect us to keep the place open for ‘ em . |
| 15 | He looked at her grimly , then asked in a cool tone , ‘ Do you expect me to remember the clothes you wore three years ago ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Then you can hardly expect me to take the chance . |
| 17 | You ca n't expect me to take the blame for it ! |
| 18 | ‘ You do n't expect me to discover the secrets of Sakkrat dressed like a rescue ranger , do you ? |
| 19 | Do n't expect me to cover the sun , to flatten mountains and sand dunes or to heal your leg . |
| 20 | But this was an eastern European car so they did n't expect me to know the make . |
| 21 | If , as my hon. Friend suggests , there is cheaper electricity to be obtained from coal-fired power stations than from gas-fired power stations , I would expect them to use the electricity from coal-fired stations , in accordance with their licence obligations . |
| 22 | Here again , do n't expect them to take the boots back if they 've been marked or worn outside . |
| 23 | The pension was a voluntary gratuitous payment ant the words ’ except in the wool trade ’ were merely an intimation to Mr Wyatt that if he did enter the wool trade he must not expect them to continue the pension . |
| 24 | Even if the interviewer is using your first name she/he will not expect you to return the compliment unless you are specifically asked to do so . |
| 25 | ‘ Neither , ’ said Miss Hardbroom , ‘ do I expect you to contravene the Witches Code , rule number seven , paragraph two , by changing your fellows into any sort of animal for what ever reason . |
| 26 | As a final warning , the manager will probably expect you to find the deposit of 10% at least , and more likely 25% or 30% of the overall cost . |
| 27 | Yes , but as a County Councillor I did n't expect you to attack the idea of politically appointed Governors . |
| 28 | I 'm sure he did n't expect you to play the part to the hilt . |
| 29 | If I did it would probably read , if someone 's rogering your wife on the hearth rug , you ca n't expect her to answer the phone . |
| 30 | How can we expect her to adopt the thought patterns of an earlier age ? |