Example sentences of "[pron] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 61 | No , she said she gets arthritis in hers and I expect that 's what it is with mine . |
| 62 | family , yeah and the children I expect that 'll be interesting for them , cos I quite imagine he would of meet many English children knocking around really , cos the situation is he went |
| 63 | I expect that |
| 64 | I expect one of the old ladies was up there and dropped a fag end or something , and just forgot it . |
| 65 | , I expect one of those will be alright , were they stripy ones we saw the other day ? |
| 66 | I expect all the Dogs Today staff are much too young to remember the Tail-waggers Club but perhaps some readers may . |
| 67 | ‘ Oh , I expect all the others are out , ’ Merrill said idly , ‘ and I garage my car further down the avenue . |
| 68 | I am proud of what I have done as a practising solicitor and I expect all other solicitors feel the same . |
| 69 | I will say , however , that I expect all the countries that we assist to make further progress towards democracy and increased accountability : we consider that vital . |
| 70 | But when I 've paid for a newspaper I expect all the pieces that I 've paid for . |
| 71 | And I expect all the other 's are dead ! |
| 72 | ‘ I expect 85 to 90 per cent of our business to be corporate , ’ says Mr Nitschke , ‘ which is a very demanding market , so it is important that we are able to meet all its requirements . ’ |
| 73 | From the moment I could understand the human voice 1 — and I expect most of my generation — was told to be ‘ seen and not heard ’ … ‘ consider others before yourself ’ … ‘ never complain' and if you were a boy child , then you were exhorted to be a man , to show no emotion , and not to be a sissy . |
| 74 | I expect most women of your age have had lovers ; not so many would admit it . ’ |
| 75 | I expect most of my wheat will be destroyed in this rain . ’ |
| 76 | First of all , I expect most of you have heard that the proposed holiday to Torbay has had to be cancelled cos we did n't have enough support . |
| 77 | I c I , I tell this story cos I think it illustrates it very much , I expect most of you have er if you have n't been you 've heard of Dale in Derbyshire , and it 's this river with a , a lovely walk either side of the river , you walk along the side and then you come to the point where there 's a bend in the river and there 's these gorgeous great enormous stepping stones . |
| 78 | ‘ I expect underlying inflation to be 3.75 per cent at the end of this year , close to the top of its target range . |
| 79 | ‘ I expect some take the veil simply to hide a flat chest ! ’ |
| 80 | I expect some people watching might think that wo wo football is a boy 's game , rather than a girl 's game , but of course that is n't the tradition is it ? |
| 81 | ‘ Whenever I stand in the middle of a big field , ’ she said , ‘ I expect some harpy to come flying at me with a hockey stick . |
| 82 | I expect some of us will be moving off soon , going to the places where summer work 's to be found . |
| 83 | I expect some of those boys in the village have probably been shooting vermin . |
| 84 | whatever you can , there 's no stipulation you 've got to do so many , you have to do whatever you can , but I expect some people can take them to work and just leave them on ca n't they ? |
| 85 | His vision of the future also included a reduction in university support services for authors ; fewer editors working on more books ; cheaper typesetting and data processing costs ; significantly reduced print runs ( ‘ I expect 50 copies will be considered a large run for some titles ’ ) ; electronic customer catalogues ; improved customer service ; a merging of the jobs of copy editor , designer and production controller ; and dramatically improved distribution ( ‘ the 10 minute book run off locally in the shop could soon be a reality ’ ) . |
| 86 | ‘ I say 50% , but in fact I expect more [ savings ] , ’ he said , but would not speculate on the exact amount he would save in processing the bank 's total 30,000 phone bills . |
| 87 | ‘ I expect another visit this night , ’ he reported to General Cope , ‘ but I shall give them the warmest reception my weak party can afford . ’ |
| 88 | I expect another close game , and I 'm confident we can get back to winning ways . ’ |
| 89 | ‘ I expect those two young men will behave as they ought , ’ said Helen . |
| 90 | I expect next week to be your last chance to register before the shut-off date . |