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 | 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 . |
| 3 | They come from the roughest jails where they expect trouble all the time . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I do n't usually tell people that , although I expect you know already . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | I do not expect King Arthur to rise fully accoutred from the cave in which he lies asleep , any more than I expect my father to clamber out of his shallow pit of prison lime . |
| 9 | No , the estate agent reckons it 'll be converted into flats , so I expect the new owner 's going to want you out . |
| 10 | ‘ The Ukrainians do n't really know much about Britain , but I 'm going to serve champagne and two kinds of caviar so I expect we 'll have a good time , ’ Gladstone told me over a crackling telephone line shortly before the party began . |
| 11 | His share was a good quarter of the capital provided for the voyage , so I expect returns . ’ |
| 12 | I mean , I write things in a certain way , so I expect them to be played in a certain way . |
| 13 | Auntie Nellie only came to visit on special occasions so I expect Dad must have written to invite her to the wedding . |
| 14 | I was a bit blue , and being blue always makes me satirical , so I expect the odd unfair jest might have escaped my lips . |
| 15 | ‘ So I expect that is that . ’ |
| 16 | Wednesday is Fantasy day in the Torygraph so I expect the details to be in there again next week , as nothing more will have happened by then fantasy-wise cos there are no Premiership games . |
| 17 | They must have had long journies , so I expect they 're having a lie in , I know I would . |
| 18 | There is always more work than you expect is n't there ? |
| 19 | Allow enough space to manoeuvre around the offer ; ask for more than you expect and concede less than you would ultimately be willing to give . |
| 20 | A certain amount of travel is on the cards so you must be ready for eventualities which erupt sooner than you expect . |
| 21 | Marriott More than you expect |
| 22 | You may find her less apparently distressed than you expect . |
| 23 | Leaving aside such considerations as whether you would still be able to have your grandchildren to stay and looking at the matter strictly in financial terms , it is as well to realise from the outset that the cash difference on the exchange — in other words , your profit — will invariably be less than you expect . |
| 24 | It is unfortunately true that however good your routefinding , long rock descents usually take much longer than you expect . |
| 25 | You 'll have a softer landing than you expect — indeed , you 'll find you do n't need what you wanted so desperately ! |
| 26 | Michelin road-maps mark genuinely arduous or dangerous stretches of road with a broken red line , and though the roadways themselves quite often turn out to be less awkward than you expect from such warnings , less awkward does not mean altogether easy . |
| 27 | Help win this fight and we 'll have them back sooner than you expect . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ So you expect him to come back , do you ? ’ enquired Mr Grimwig . |
| 29 | Anyway Maureen 'll be trying to work out some , some of the , some of the issues so you expect that . |
| 30 | Well that 's , that 's fine you 've got to start with the easy ones and at your age you would n't , you would n't normally be doing them this hard at all , this is for sixteen year olds who are doing their , their plot paper on G C S E maths so you expect to find , oh hang on this is a bit hard there 's a bit of work in this , but I think you 're capable of doing it . |