Example sentences of "i expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect demand for this service to continue to grow over the coming year . |
| 2 | SUICIDE was thought damnable in the Middle Ages , and I expect there are those who have been brought to feel by a book called The Monument that the Middle Ages had a point . |
| 3 | ‘ I mean , I expect it 's difficult to manage without harming them . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ And he 's not the most cultural man , but I expect he 'll accept all the same . ’ |
| 5 | I expect he hoped to have as little as possible to do with her , but when she made a dead set at him , as she did at all young married men , that was no longer possible . |
| 6 | ‘ I expect she 's left it at home , ’ I said . |
| 7 | No , the estate agent reckons it 'll be converted into flats , so I expect the new owner 's going to want you out . |
| 8 | You look a bit more care-worn , but I expect that 's the children . ’ |
| 9 | Yes , I expect you do , said Lucy , a tiny precise voice in her ear , but I am not the one to help you . |
| 10 | ‘ I expect so . ’ |
| 11 | I expect you 've guessed by now I 'm a dog . |
| 12 | I expect the crew had tiptoed down very gently from the bunk above while he slept . |
| 13 | I expect restaurateurs will be itching to copy Jean-Paul Gaultier 's extraordinary staff uniform with the fork epaulette , but the rest of the details are ingredients for thought only . |
| 14 | I expect it to taste mildly fishy or , perhaps , mildly gamey . |
| 15 | ‘ You are an angel , Daddy , ’ said Sheila , and she added dreamily , ‘ I expect Clytemnestra has spent a penny by now . ’ |
| 16 | I expect that 'll be your mother . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I expect she is , ’ he said soothingly . |
| 18 | I expect auntie has told you everything and you have been too busy to come , but please come now . |
| 19 | I expect you receive many similar requests ; you can not respond to all , I know . |
| 20 | So I expect I 'll be nappy changing instead . ’ |
| 21 | For £200 , I expect to be able to buy something that 's good-looking and well-designed . |
| 22 | ‘ But I showed one or two to Nick and he said , ‘ I hope you 're not wearing white ; I expect you to wear something colourful . ’ |
| 23 | Hemp bags with holes in them , paper , broken bits of wood and , I expect , old implements and things which would now be quite valuable . |
| 24 | Miss Timber Topper looks best in the opener and after Richards has had another winner with Pyjamas in the St. Boswell 's Handicap Chase I expect Stephenson 's Jupiter 's Glory to complete a great day for punters . |
| 25 | ‘ I expect that means you do more cases than most ? ’ |
| 26 | They 've been rescuing companies for so long they do it automatically now , I expect . |
| 27 | She hardly dared answer the old man 's ‘ Good Morning ’ ; and as for me , I expect she was afraid of me . |
| 28 | Eventually , I found a young hospital registrar who said , not entirely as a joke : ‘ I expect we 'll find a cupboard for her ’ . |
| 29 | But I expect that goes for millions of unnecessary car owners ! |
| 30 | I expect it 's hard for them to find their feet on these shifting sands . ’ |