Example sentences of "[pron] to expect [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The title of this book leads one to expect a contribution to the solution of this problem , but unfortunately these hopes are soon dashed .
2 I 've had a word with him on the phone , and told him to expect a call from you .
3 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 .
4 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 ) .
5 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 ) .
6 Meanwhile , each leads us to expect the arms race which experience confirms .
7 This coincided , however , with an increasing prevalence of the conditions and institutions which should lead us to expect the reporting and recording of offences to grow in proportion to the actual occurrence of victimization .
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