Example sentences of "[pron] expect [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought that because I had looked up to the twins on account of their wealth I expected others to do the same to me . |
| 2 | I expected slippers but he was more spruce than that and clearly businesslike in the way he ran this family hotel . |
| 3 | In the first investigative session I ever ran I expected pupils to produce a quadratic relationship , or at least a verbal description of one , from a problem involving lines and their intersections . |
| 4 | I do not mean by this that I expect managers to cry , or to clasp one another like footballers after a goal has been won . |
| 5 | I expect restaurateurs will be itching to copy Jean-Paul Gaultier 's extraordinary staff uniform with the fork epaulette , but the rest of the details are ingredients for thought only . |
| 6 | And now every time I see an advert , or just anything , I expect things to explode . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I expect things will get stirred up pretty soon now that the Admiral 's back in town , ’ observed Amiss . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've lost four clients out of a total of 1,800 and I expect others will drift away , but we picked up a new client just this morning . ’ |
| 9 | His share was a good quarter of the capital provided for the voyage , so I expect returns . ’ |
| 10 | " I expect Manners 'ud like to do the same . " |
| 11 | By the third day I expect third-years to work alone , and if you slip up , gal , I 'll have your guts for garters ! |
| 12 | As an author , I expect reviewers to be honest and objective . |
| 13 | After all , football left leather behind long ago , but I expect cricketers will be up in arms about this suggestion . |
| 14 | Nobody expects councillors to be able to do sums involving three hundred and fifteen or fourteen million erm without professional help , just like any business would expect to use professional help for that . |
| 15 | Contradictions in a system which expects players to concentrate on football , yet not be paid ( unless you count scholarships ? ) are causing increasing problems . |
| 16 | In particular , she expected perils out of the flatties — murderous hoodlums , crooked cops , knife-wielding janitors-but she knew that if he stretched his mind a touch , Daine could make anything or anyone in the City into a weapon . |
| 17 | She expected arguments , but there were none as the group obeyed David instantly , the more able-bodied standing quietly by the poolside while David , the woman , who she found out was called Sybil , and the pool attendant helped the more severely disabled out of the water and into wheelchairs . |
| 18 | The running started because of my father , he was the kind who expected results from his children . |
| 19 | Failure of heirs , or the survival only of heiresses , was exploited by the king himself for the benefit of his own sons , who expected endowments and titles as befitted their rank and who by virtue of their birth played a leading part in aristocratic society . |
| 20 | When he smiles , you expect fangs , and there they are , rows and rows of sharp white teeth . |
| 21 | The changed role of the nurse from being carer , provider and giver of advice and direction is also new for Community Mothers and clients who expect nurses to operate from their traditional professional role and to have all the answers , and deal with all the problems . |
| 22 | What do you expect care-givers , family . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , are you expecting visitors ? |
| 24 | The bulk of domiciliary care is already provided by families , but Mrs Thatcher has made it plain that she expects families to take on extra responsibilities , and this is also apparent in the White Paper on Caring for People . |
| 25 | I think she 's very optimistic if she expects others to go by bus so that she can get her car out of Muirwood Road , to get to work in Wester Hailes . |
| 26 | We expected handshakes all round , the departure of the PM to affairs of state , and an aide leading us to an ante-room for ginger snaps and coffee . |
| 27 | ‘ We expected players would serve to Jimmy 's forehand ’ , explains Segura ‘ not his strong two fisted backhand . |
| 28 | ‘ We expect EDS will take part in its future development and hope they can help in bringing down its processing costs , ’ Hjoth concluded . |
| 29 | We expect products that sell to go on selling . |
| 30 | Well , normally we expect things to go in straight lines . |