Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like a B M X bike I expect . |
| 2 | Well in that case I expect , you know , some of us could become a caretaker if they 're having to pay us |
| 3 | Once when he swung across the road to frighten a cyclist by passing within inches of him at forty miles an hour I expected the Feldwebel or the officer to be angry . |
| 4 | She was Jonah I expect . |
| 5 | ‘ Comes of having a mathematical mind I expect , ’ observed Milton . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , with your mind I expect you can , ’ he teased . |
| 7 | Next day we found a good army doctor who examined Rachel and said with care she would soon be well , the M & B had done its work , and then to add to our trouble you all went down with scarlet fever — caught on the boat I expect . |
| 8 | Over the coming months I expect to see the Inland Revenue , the Customs and Excise and the DTI increasingly at work in an area ripe for their activities . |
| 9 | I 'm so glad you did n't disappoint me — just the greeting I expected . |
| 10 | In the pouring bloody rain and howling wind I expect . |
| 11 | Party loyalty is by no means an irrelevant factor in explaining and predicting the behaviour of congressmen , but on any issue that they perceive to be contentious within their districts nobody expects a member of Congress to put party before district . |
| 12 | Always ready to look on the bright side she expected that the remission would last for a long time , and there was a conspiracy between Maureen and her mother to conceal Julia 's suffering from her . |
| 13 | But fans who expected the maestro to run through all of his favourites were disappointed . |
| 14 | When you join the Royal Air Force you expect to work on some of the world 's deadliest aircraft , Jaguar Fighters , and harriers , but there 's another side to aviation . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The Discovery is the first ever gas cooker to have a hotplate with ‘ Gas Powered Discs ’ a revolutionary new concept developed by Moffat that actually places a Disc above the flame to give you the controllability you expect from gas plus an unheard of level of cleanability . |
| 17 | ‘ Have you finished ? ’ they ask as you lie gasping , and when they switch on the light you expect to see a sign over the bed , NOW WASH YOUR HANDS . |
| 18 | Michael Cohen , a specialist dealer in oriental porcelain who expects to be a big bidder at next week 's sale , spent more than £1 million buying Nanking pieces . |
| 19 | In exile she expected their first child , having left her husband in Russia ; he was later killed , and she suffered the blow of another death — her own child . |
| 20 | As readers we expect such a persona to describe a scene , dramatise some situation , and express feelings . |
| 21 | In the near future we expect to recruit an Asia Pacific representative who will enable us to expand further in this region . |
| 22 | Showing the pzazz one expects from a descendant of the Victorian prime minister , he hired a room in the Zhovtnevy Hotel and invited some friendly locals . |
| 23 | Ring the flat , will you , Myra , and ask … no , tell Dana we expect her here in an hour for a rehearsal ? |
| 24 | Over the next twelve months we expect a further increase in those needing our Home Care service to enable them to live and die at home . |
| 25 | Another monument to him is in the main square of the city of Cebu in the central Philippines , a canopy with the kind of gaudy murals one expects in this flamboyant tropic city . |
| 26 | However , having made an investment they expected it to pay its way and any development towards being a full-time farmer would depend very much on market prices . |
| 27 | In common with most readers they expected poetry to deal with elegant , or at any rate , elevated topics ; they also believed that there was a special language for poetry which was quite different from the language of prose — and certainly far removed from that of daily conversation . |
| 28 | When anything like this happens in Waldron City everybody starts shouting for action , and as they have n't much idea just what kind of action they expect they take it out on the administration , and that means Wilson . |
| 29 | Predicting : students look at the title of the passage and discuss their expectations in pairs ; they then write down ten words they expect to find ; they then read the passage and see if their words appear . |
| 30 | The other one of the , one of the things that people find very difficult , the learning all the words they expect you to know . |