Example sentences of "[verb] they expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Union leaders say they expect an overwhelming call for industrial action in an imminent ballot , after employers refused to improve a 4.8 per cent offer on Monday . |
| 2 | People briefed on the plan say they expect sharp cuts on older Compaq models , particularly those using the 80386 microprocessor , and overall cuts of between 10% and 20% on most existing models . |
| 3 | Manufacturers — such as Compaq Computer Corp , which rushed to discuss its Pentium plans in general terms , say they expect their first Pentium machines to list for as little as $4,500 , half the price set for early model 80486 machines in 1989 . |
| 4 | Manufacturers — such as Compaq Computer Corp , which rushed to discuss its Pentium plans in general terms , say they expect their first Pentium machines to list for as little as $4,500 , half the price set for early model 80486 machines in 1989 . |
| 5 | Barnes officials say they expect to send about eighty paintings from one of the world 's finest collections of Post-Impressionist and early modern art to tour four museums : the National Gallery of Art in Washington , D.C. , a museum in Tokyo , the Musée d'Orsay in Paris , and the Philadelphia Museum of Art . |
| 6 | During that time , police say they expect to issue hundreds of summonses . |
| 7 | ‘ The Lithuanian FA say they expect to arrive between 1.00 and 1.30 but they seem rather vague . |
| 8 | Management say they expect cargoes to be handled normally pending any national decision by the Transport and General Workers Union . |
| 9 | With all the results now known for the elections to the General Synod of the Church of England , supporters say they expect the Church to agree to the ordination of women in the next few years . |
| 10 | Steve Kerton says they expect fifty thousand people at the race this weekend … half a million watch the sport in Rotterdam … |
| 11 | In the War , distribution expenditure had been running at only a fifth of the prewar level , and the plans prepared by the undertakings for the Electricity Commissioners show they expected to continue to spend more than half of all their capital on developing distribution , as they had in the 1930s . |
| 12 | Tournament officials , though unwilling to say precisely how the appearance money will be distributed , confirmed they expect to pay out £400,000 to ensure a quality 32-man field . |
| 13 | For the second consecutive month , manufacturers indicate they expect to increase output in the next four months . |
| 14 | And the I suppose they expected to whirl round like that and all go into the er the the boxes . |
| 15 | European heads of government from Moscow to Madrid showered telegrams of congratulation on Clinton , saying they expected to maintain good ties with Washington . |
| 16 | There is also a slight improvement on the jobs front with 30 p.c. of directors saying they expect to recruit more compared with 25 p.c. in the earlier survey . |
| 17 | ‘ They said it would be all right if I had the serial numbers but I do n't think they expected me back , ’ she said . |
| 18 | Well I do n't think they expect you to anyway . |
| 19 | Did they expect you to do that ? |
| 20 | After that , what did they expect ? |
| 21 | did they expect to be treated differently from anybody else ? |
| 22 | How did they expect them to talk down there ? |
| 23 | Erm , she died quicker than I think they expected actually , she had cancer of the liver , so I 'm glad she did n't suffer any longer . |
| 24 | How do they expect people to visit ? ’ |
| 25 | And the grisly , whey-faced businessmen , queasily jocular , and what do they expect , drinking like pigs and pretending they travel by private jet every day ? |
| 26 | And what do they expect to grow on these hills ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ But what do they expect you to do every afternoon in an empty house ? ’ |
| 28 | With these sort of fares what else do they expect . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , what do they expect for four an' 'alf quid ? ’ he asked the nag . |
| 30 | What do they expect to get out of the holiday ? |