Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say borrow but the cash was never refunded and I expect Dad thought it was a cheap way to get rid of him . |
| 2 | Auntie Nellie only came to visit on special occasions so I expect Dad must have written to invite her to the wedding . |
| 3 | I expect dad |
| 4 | I expect auntie has told you everything and you have been too busy to come , but please come now . |
| 5 | Our business is budgeted to expand by 25 per cent in 1993 and I expect trading conditions to improve as buyers appreciate current values and the affordability of our new homes . |
| 6 | " I expect Ma 's arranging to take us out to Canada . |
| 7 | I expect communication to improve as a result of this survey … |
| 8 | I expect communication to improve as a result of this survey . |
| 9 | ‘ I expect news from Rivera within two days at the outside . |
| 10 | I expect Daddy did . |
| 11 | Still , I expect Grandstand and Question Time are even now fighting it out over who gets me first . |
| 12 | I expect tea 's ready by now . ’ |
| 13 | Yeah , I expect egg ones . |
| 14 | I expect demand for this service to continue to grow over the coming year . |
| 15 | ‘ I expect Lubor is busy beavering away back in his office ? ’ she asked as a warm-up question before she got down to basics — and immediately wished that she had n't because at once Ven 's expression darkened , and as he raised an aristocratic eyebrow she knew instantly that all affability was gone . |
| 16 | ‘ I expect mademoiselle would like tea . |
| 17 | I expect Bodo is wondering where I am . |
| 18 | The ending also is unexpected , as you expect Finn + Jim to reach the state they were heading for + live happily ever after . |
| 19 | Naturally , in football management you expect ridicule and criticism , and you must always rise above it , especially if it is constructive , but this poor excuse for a handkerchief seems obsessed not with football but with my receding hairline , e.g. the ‘ Spot The Baldy ’ competition on page two , and with making juvenile remarks about my beer gut . |
| 20 | You expect reality to be different from imaginings . ‘ |
| 21 | You expect fire to come out of the back of his ball when he hits it , but his ball 's flight is no different to mine . |
| 22 | You expect fire to come out of the back of his ball when he hits it , but his ball 's flight is no different to mine . |
| 23 | We expect inflation to be higher as a result of the pound 's fall , which threatens to erode the initial competitiveness benefit as UK prices rise faster than those elsewhere and the real exchange rate rises again . |
| 24 | Within the European time zone we expect competition to intensify with the creation of a single EC capital market and the possible advent of a single currency , the ECU . |
| 25 | For 1993 we expect development expenditure to be approximately £150 million less and within this budget we are planning to devote significant funds to our UK offshore projects in Morecambe Bay . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , we expect communication to be verbalised , and preferably in English ! |
| 27 | But , at a state banquet later that evening , Gorbachev stressed that " we expect reciprocity and count on America 's continued support and understanding " . |
| 28 | We expect reality but mime is not bound by such limitations . |
| 29 | We impose heavy loads on those with both brain and brawn , and we expect saintliness from them as well . |
| 30 | ‘ We expect opposition , ’ says dreadlocked troupe member Fox , ‘ because we 're dealing with a bigger picture than the odd jokes about West Indian parents . |