Example sentences of "expect see a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is a woman indeed ! — in mind , I mean , & heart-for her person is such , that if you expected to see a pretty woman , you would think her ordinary — if you expected to find an ordinary woman , you would think her pretty ! — But her manners are simple , ardent , impressive … |
| 2 | The line to Bathgate , reopened to passengers on 24 March 1986 ( including two new stations at Uphall and Livingston ) at a cost of £1.5million shared by six public bodies expected to see a top figure of 400,000 passengers annually . |
| 3 | I expected to see a huge hound , but not a creature like this . |
| 4 | She was dismayed to see these strangers accosting her when she expected to see an old man in a cowboy hat with a black and white photograph face . |
| 5 | Research by London Weekend Television , however , has shown that light ITV viewers , who can be expected to see a given commercial very few times , are just as likely to recognize it as those who should have seen it several times . |
| 6 | Suppliers extending credit to the company expect to see a substantial buffer of current assets to protect their claims and the ratio should not normally be allowed to fall below a given point . |
| 7 | Suppliers extending credit to the company expect to see a substantial buffer of current assets to protect their claims and the ratio should not normally be allowed to fall below a given point . |
| 8 | Naturally we expect to see a fair share of lottery revenue coming to Scotland . |
| 9 | erm we do n't expect to see a great change in that . |
| 10 | You can expect to see a visible improvement within a few months of regular practice . |
| 11 | It anticipated that business failures of established companies will continue to rise into the first quarter of 192 and did not expect to see a significant fall in the level of failures for up to 18 months . |
| 12 | I , like so many others , turned up at ‘ Little Dublin ’ last week expecting to see a good game between the Crues and the Super Whites , but there were groans all round when ‘ Mister Carryduff ’ ran on to officiate . |
| 13 | But this much I must tell you — ’ He looked around the chamber , as if expecting to see a silent listener at every corner . |
| 14 | erm we 're not expecting to see a huge amount of discounting in the summer months , so erm because the capacity that was on the market this year is going to very much match the demand from customers |
| 15 | THE house-builder , Trencherwood , expects to see a gradual return to profitability during 1994 , its chairman , John Norgate , said yesterday . |
| 16 | Moving to CAM and FMS , one expects to see a significant decrease in direct labour costs . |
| 17 | Looking ahead , a balance of only 5 per cent expects to see an annual increase in February 1993 , compared with figures of plus 23 per cent last May and plus 26 per cent in June , figures which proved to be wildly over-optimistic in the event . |