Example sentences of "expect [det] [noun sg] of [noun] [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 The cooperativity between α-truncated polymerases and CRP is lost at the lac promoter , consequently it was expected that binding of CRP at its target in the -60 region would not lead to the occupancy of lac P1 by the mutant enzymes .
4 It was humiliating , and she had not expected that kind of reaction from him .
5 Many workers said they 'd expected another round of closures despite the earlier announcement of a reprieve for some of the collieries .
6 If we work extra hard for our employers we expect some kind of reward in return .
7 He had expected some kind of tart from Les Halles and found a respectable Jewish matron in an unbecoming colour .
8 ‘ Then he 'll surely expect some sort of explanation from me , ’ Harry said quietly .
9 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 ) .
10 ‘ Kuwait was trying to reassert its pre-Gulf war position and Saudi Arabia was expecting some sort of show of compromise , ’ one analyst said .
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