Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we are talking the world 's favourite guitar tones , and they are present on this guitar just where you expect to find them . |
| 2 | All of the sample of Rowdies were able to plot very accurately where they had stood on the terraces over the last few years , who they had been with , and where they expected to be in the future . |
| 3 | They 've been living for the last ten years in an environment where they expect there to be a high level of occult activity in society . |
| 4 | They come from the roughest jails where they expect trouble all the time . |
| 5 | Advanced Micro will have a fifth generation microprocessor on the market in 1995 , and other areas were also performing well , with strong sales in non-volatile Flash memory products , where he expected revenues to jump to $200m in 1993 from $45m in 1992 . |
| 6 | Did your husband , on his return to this country , where he expected to be reunited with his wife and family , like the houseboat Grace very much ? " |
| 7 | Elonex Plc is to contract manufacturing of its personal computers to Cordata Ltd , described as a new company and not related to the Cor-data Technologies owned by Daewoo Electronics Co : this Cordata is building a £5.5m contract manufacturing plant in Cumbernauld , Scotland , where it expects to create 175 new jobs and make 100,000 personal computers a year , and Elonex will turn its North London plant over to final assembly and testing . |
| 8 | As Holy Communion was by tradition the first food and drink of the day , the tea left a feeling of guilt for I was told never to tell anyone although I expect it was a common practice amongst lady communicants . |
| 9 | On the far side of the pond was the old ford and Mum used to tell us that this was the route to the city taken by carts before the building of the old Harnham Bridge in the fourteenth century , although I expect it was used right up to the advent of the motor car . |
| 10 | I do n't usually tell people that , although I expect you know already . |
| 11 | a senior consultant in Consultancy Services , Risley , said although feelings generally were a bit mixed , ‘ I feel that we have been given a clearer picture of where AEA is heading although I expect to see a lot more changes before things settle down . ’ |
| 12 | He is wearing the familiar Puttnam cardigan look , but is smaller than I expected , like so many who are writ large in the media . |
| 13 | He was rather braver than I expected and jumped the fences very well . |
| 14 | It is less imposing and less impressive than I expected and is bordered by similarly styled ‘ cabins ’ . |
| 15 | The march was longer than I expected and we staggered in at half past six this morning , having done twenty-seven miles in just over nine hours , which is n't bad . |
| 16 | ‘ But it was ten times more difficult than I expected . |
| 17 | The scene of life , Bransby ’ , continued he , ‘ is drawing to a close : although my career has been a most happy one , I feel much less regret than I expected in leaving it , for I have full confidence in the mercy of God . ’ |
| 18 | Okay , its three-litre V6 engine was reasonably lusty and the lack of buffeting with the hood down was impressive , but the chassis was even less inspiring than I expected . |
| 19 | ‘ The response was more vociferously negative than I expected . |
| 20 | ‘ Much nicer than I expected from the particulars , ’ she added . |
| 21 | An example : Dave : There are more people than I expected here . |
| 22 | I have found much more concern with status in industry than I expected — it 's just not so easy to identify for a newcomer . |
| 23 | Senna explained his version of the collision , saying : ‘ Nigel and I had passed the car that had been holding us up and then he braked earlier than I expected . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ Things went no better or worse than I expected : I 'm getting that sort of treatment every game now and it 's up to me to overcome it . |
| 25 | ‘ You 've got a much bigger nose than I expected , Michael , ’ he said . |
| 26 | I would n't say I enjoyed it , but it went much better than I expected and my audience were very appreciative . |
| 27 | ‘ The area is far more rugged and wild than I expected and some of the ridge walking has been spectacular ’ Paul told us from Italy . |
| 28 | Pitching : the flysheet is erected first and took a little longer than I expected to up on my own — six minutes . |
| 29 | ‘ Much younger than I expected . |
| 30 | ‘ They are much smaller than I expected ’ is the usual remark from people seeing puffins for the first time . |