Example sentences of "[pron] expect this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expected this place to be in chaos — instead , it 's an oasis of calm . |
| 2 | In an ideal world I would have far more bogwood than even the extended budget allows , but I expect this could be remedied over the ensuring months . |
| 3 | More significantly , perhaps , I was annoyed because I expect this financial services organisation to recognise the totality of its relationship to me when making decisions in respect of specific transactions ; in this case to realise that its interest in my house should be adequate collateral for a small and presumably temporary overdraft . |
| 4 | As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year . |
| 5 | I expect this . |
| 6 | Nobody expected this : we can all remember the period of China-mania in the United States in the 1970s , and the anticipation of a ‘ tripolar world ’ . |
| 7 | Getting out to open the passenger door for her , he noticed that , in contrast to Francesca , she expected this and accepted the courtesy gratefully . |
| 8 | She pledged that the Government would safeguard those that did not opt for trust status , but she expected this to be a minority . |
| 9 | ‘ Galadriel , ’ muttered Gilly , not that she expected this bale of blubber to manage her real name . |
| 10 | erm so that y so that you expected this sort of measure of service and if you were told the , if you were told the circumstances you might have said well that 's okay , no problem . |
| 11 | ‘ Did you expect this to happen ? ’ she said , as Lucy took small hard bites . |
| 12 | And how do you expect this to change by the end of the century ? |
| 13 | " Or were you expecting this when you took us into the wood ? " |
| 14 | Were n't you expecting this ? |
| 15 | anyone who expects this book to be a treatise on the history of landscape painting will be disappointed … in spite of copious rewriting , lectures these pages remain . |
| 16 | Marketing director Robin Whitbread said : ‘ We expect this will be significant with more than eight million shoppers taking advantage of over 750 lines . |
| 17 | ‘ Let us just say that we expect this to be your only half-witted jape for the entire term . |
| 18 | ‘ In summary , we have made substantial progress at the half year and we expect this positive trend to be maintained . |
| 19 | ‘ We have made a strong start to 1993 and we expect this positive trend to continue . |
| 20 | ‘ A number of distinguished engineers have been Whitworth Scholars , and we expect this year 's award winners to be high achievers in their subsequent careers , ’ he said . |
| 21 | The forecast tax charge for the year is thirty four per cent which is below last year 's rate of thirty five and we expect this low rate to continue in the future . |
| 22 | How do you know whether anything has been a success , or whether you 're doing anything right , unless you ask , and we expect this rationale to follow through into our community investment programme . |
| 23 | ‘ We expect this to be treated as a separate case of possession of heroin for personal use , ’ she said . |
| 24 | We expect this exhibition to be of particular interest to sports administrators and physiotherapists . |
| 25 | When when can we expect this as a standard feature on the database ? |
| 26 | No one expects this rump of a service to be viable . |
| 27 | If he expected this to frighten Sir John he succeeded . |
| 28 | While worldwide , he anticipates that revenues will increase by between 15% and 20% , he expects this to be more like 27% to 30% in the UK . |
| 29 | By 1994 , he expects this to grow to over US$24 billion . |
| 30 | Last year it sold 2,000 properties ; it expects this year 's total to reach 3,500 . |