Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | On top of that is the fact that the society and type of education they have received both led them to expect wage employment — probably in an office … . |
| 2 | ’ But we had fun together , George and I. That was all he wanted , all he ever led me to expect . |
| 3 | My solicitor told me to expect at least four years because of my previous convictions : I 've got deception , deception , fraud , grievous bodily harm , assault , malicious wounding , drugs , deception and then again deception . |
| 4 | " Assistant Commissioner Seddon told me to expect you , " he said . |
| 5 | It seemed she expected an answer , so I gave it . |
| 6 | I 've had a word with him on the phone , and told him to expect a call from you . |
| 7 | The defender averred that as a result of that announcement he telephoned Macfie & Alexander , speaking to Mr Rae , one of the partners , and told him to expect an offer of £70,000 from Ferguson & Forster and that he instructed Mr Rae that when the offer was received , he ( the defender ) would consider its terms and if he found them satisfactory he would instruct Mr Rae to accept the offer . |
| 8 | I told her to expect you . ’ |
| 9 | Earlier this month SunSoft Inc president Ed Zander , told us to expect a version of its Unix operating system to feature on the PowerPC RISC ( CI No 2,124 ) . |
| 10 | Earlier this month SunSoft Inc president , Ed Zander , told us to expect a version of its Unix operating system to feature on the PowerPC RISC ( UX No 426 ) . |
| 11 | She could n't finish because that would be pushy if she admitted she expected him to ask her to stay with him as he had done once before . |
| 12 | Instead for many , many years there has been in Channel 4 a culture , which allowed you to expect these matters to be dealt with properly , without being made to feel that you were being perverse in raising the issue yet again or that you were making a point or a special case . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Christie herself confessed she expected to get 10 years . |
| 15 | It seemed impossible he would escape detection , and with each yard he covered he expected the alarm to be raised from within the house . |
| 16 | Cleo noticed he had left the circle incomplete ; she knew he expected her to join him within its protection before he sealed it . |
| 17 | ‘ Interesting , ’ she said , when she realised he expected a comment . |
| 18 | Richardson admitted he expected the booing . |
| 19 | Perhaps it 's new , she bought I expect she bought it in the States I should think . |
| 20 | Did I expect it to be like this ? |
| 21 | So what did I expect ? |
| 22 | What the hell did I expect , an ogre with two heads ? |
| 23 | What did I expect ? |
| 24 | I 'd not expected to convince the police at the top of the falls that I was a very sane person , nor did I expect them to believe Paul 's emergency story that we were a group of passing Hippies taking our kayaks for a walk . |
| 25 | So what else did I expect ? |
| 26 | ‘ Well , I must say I did n't expect the red carpet , but neither did I expect you all to look at me as though I were the devil incarnate ! |
| 27 | Did I expect anything better of the Chancellor ? |
| 28 | ‘ What did I expect ? |
| 29 | Nowhere did I expect to get and nowhere have I duly got . |
| 30 | ‘ Did you expect this to happen ? ’ she said , as Lucy took small hard bites . |