Example sentences of "expect [adj] [noun] of [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm so that y so that you expected this sort of measure of service and if you were told the , if you were told the circumstances you might have said well that 's okay , no problem . |
| 2 | He did n't for one minute expect that sort of treatment in Gloucester , but that was how he would spend this afternoon . |
| 3 | It was humiliating , and she had not expected that kind of reaction from him . |
| 4 | If we work extra hard for our employers we expect some kind of reward in return . |
| 5 | He had expected some kind of tart from Les Halles and found a respectable Jewish matron in an unbecoming colour . |
| 6 | ‘ Then he 'll surely expect some sort of explanation from me , ’ Harry said quietly . |
| 7 | Not surprisingly these features are principally confined to the cities of the province , though we might expect some form of provision at those sites where water transport clearly played a part in moving bulky products like building stone or pottery ( p. 43 ) . |
| 8 | Their resources were considerable ; not only did they have vast incomes from taxation and from their own estates , but also they could expect considerable quantities of tribute from the subject peoples east of the Rhine and elsewhere . |
| 9 | That is to say , for 100 feet of water one could only expect 240 feet of sediment of normal density . |
| 10 | If the contention of Pollak and others is correct that the roles of women reduce the public display of deviance , then it is indeed in such ‘ private ’ areas that one would expect female forms of deviance to be located . |
| 11 | ‘ Kuwait was trying to reassert its pre-Gulf war position and Saudi Arabia was expecting some sort of show of compromise , ’ one analyst said . |