Example sentences of "expect [num] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we expect hundreds of people queueing today in person . ’ |
| 2 | I expect one of the old ladies was up there and dropped a fag end or something , and just forgot it . |
| 3 | We have invited six major consultancies to submit proposals and expect one of these to be selected , and work to begin , in January . |
| 4 | , I expect one of those will be alright , were they stripy ones we saw the other day ? |
| 5 | Though I was , having expected one of the great historic documents of planning , bitterly disappointed with the Plan when I first studied it , I now think that in the circumstances Abercrombie did as well as any man , of the type who can survive in planning practice , could have done . |
| 6 | ‘ We expect thousands of people will turn up for this rave , which has been organised and advertised without the school 's knowledge . |
| 7 | Er like if I was selling somebody who was employed , I erm I had a radio , if I was willing to accept twenty pounds off a friend of mine who was unemployed , I 'd expect thirty of a guy who was working . |
| 8 | • With Valentine 's day so near to the closing date , we were expecting hundreds of soppy cards , bouquets of flowers , bottles of champagne and heart-shaped chocolates to come flooding into the office — there must have been a postal strike . |
| 9 | The detective would n't be expecting two of them and , when Dana had been appearing as a model in London , Claudia would have been in Solihull . |
| 10 | If you are expecting thousands of entries the format will need to be such that it is easy to eliminate incorrect entries . |
| 11 | He half expected one of the police to dart forward and rearrange her-hair . |
| 12 | Taut with nervous expectation upon the horse , Dauntless expected one of two scenarios to ensue : something maddened and destructive would erupt at the signal of Cleo 's knock , or else there would be utter silence and no response at all . |
| 13 | 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 ! |
| 14 | Dick Taylor expects one of a cast of hungry Australians to triumph |