Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reviewers would put ‘ When I first heard the name I expected four guys in Factory haircuts ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ I expected four . |
| 3 | ‘ It is simply that I expected better service , ’ he snapped . |
| 4 | I expected blue murder but , to my delight , he was very proud . ’ |
| 5 | He said : ‘ I expected six or seven calibre applicants , though others in the business said I would be surprised by the numbers to apply . |
| 6 | At any moment I expected one of the masters , placed at strategic intervals to stop a guy taking short cuts or lighting up a Havana cigar , to leap out from a place of concealment , brandishing The Times and bellowing , ‘ Come on , Britton ! |
| 7 | ‘ I expected that . |
| 8 | ‘ I expected that . |
| 9 | I expected ecological debate , the odd clash over vegetarianism and a hint of hippiness . |
| 10 | I expected hundred and forty at least ! |
| 11 | I expected new information . |
| 12 | And Bell said : ‘ I expected some trouble but not on this scale — they acted like animals . |
| 13 | I set off again , maintaining for some reason — perhaps because I expected further farm creatures to wander across my path — my slow speed of before . |
| 14 | Not that I expected any . |
| 15 | At Calais the peg-legged porter unloading the baggage with as much agility as his able-bodied fellows became , in my over-heated imagination , a victim of Verdun , and such was the exotic evocation of ‘ foreign soil ’ , that I think I expected northern France to be totally distinct from southern England — almost like another planet . |
| 16 | I would prefer to see a straight Rocky-Strachan swap ( as I expected last year ) but I guess the wee man is still playing to well for this . |
| 17 | I expected more of you but perhaps you deserve a second chance . ’ |
| 18 | I expected this place to be in chaos — instead , it 's an oasis of calm . |
| 19 | If we are misled by our grammar into thinking that ‘ I expect such-and-such ’ is a report of a mental process then there will seem to be a problem : ‘ What is it about a mental process which makes it an expectation of such-and-such ? |
| 20 | That ‘ I expect such-and-such ’ has ‘ such-and-such ’ for its fulfilment is as unproblematic as is the rule of grammar that ‘ X does such-and-such ’ is the execution of the order to X ‘ Do such-and-such ’ , or the rule of whist that the act of trumping has the consequence that the trick is won — provided one 's opponent does not use a higher trump . |
| 21 | This is version one of what promises to be one of the leading packages in this field , and , given that that is the case , I expect future versions to add greatly to its functionality . |
| 22 | In other words , Dr Blake , I expect one-hundred-per-cent support from every member of this team . ’ |
| 23 | I expect many mothers have had the experience of standing at the sink washing and re-washing dishes because a teenage son or daughter is standing in the kitchen talking about something important , and once the dish-washing is over , he or she will go away . |
| 24 | But I expect many others to work on them after me and analyse them in their turn . |
| 25 | TECs will have responsibility for the initiative , and I expect many bids . |
| 26 | 3.45:NOT many in with a chance here and I expect recent Fakenham scorer Love Anew and SKIPPING TIM to fight out the finish . |
| 27 | I expect amazing revelations — a scoop ! ’ |
| 28 | I expect each one will take from these misty illusions , creations congenial to his own mind . |
| 29 | I expect six hours |
| 30 | I expect young people of today would rate the fair rides of the early 1920 's quite tame affairs . |