Example sentences of "expect [pron] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | We expect them to have some degree of self-awareness , and self-regard , in their knowledge claims . |
| 2 | He had n't expected her to make this sort of use of the opportunity he had given her . |
| 3 | and there 's twenty of them and the , I do n't suppose , they do n't expect me to fill both sides of all them tapes |
| 4 | ‘ Then you can hardly expect me to show much appreciation of your view of things , can you ? ’ |
| 5 | I am naturally extremely sorry to hear of the personal circumstances that the hon. Gentleman very properly brings to the attention of the House , but he will not expect me to prejudge any issue of criminality that may arise . |
| 6 | If any House of the Dead notebooks had survived I would expect them to contain sudden leaps of discovery and creative arrivals like ‘ Most important — it 's a chronicle 'and |
| 7 | When a judge , particularly one with Lord Scarman 's breadth of mind , is appointed to inquire into an outbreak of violence and serious disorders on the streets of Brixton and the policing of the area , it is unrealistic to expect him to avoid any recommendations of a political nature as to the causes . |
| 8 | The insecticide is carried in a very penetrating light oil but it is nor fair to expect it to penetrate heavy deposits of dust , dirt and cobwebs before it reaches the timber . |
| 9 | But to have a trolley they needed money , their father 's money , and when Patsy suggested the idea to him , their father laughed and asked them where they expected him to find that sort of money . |