Example sentences of "expect a [adj] [noun] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly the whole point of the exchange , namely a request for specific information and an attempt to provide as much of that information as possible , is not directly expressed in ( 2 ) at all ; so the gap between what is literally said in ( 2 ) and what is conveyed in ( 3 ) is so substantial that we can not expect a semantic theory to provide more than a small part of an account of how we communicate using language . |
| 2 | Generally speaking , unless there are specific reasons why one or other of the criteria should be inapplicable ( some of these reasons will be discussed below ) , we shall expect an ambiguous item to satisfy all the criteria . |
| 3 | I 'd ‘ a thought he 'd at least have the courtesy to send a pony and trap for me instead of expecting an old lady to walk all the way up to Handley Farm on such a frosty morning . ’ |
| 4 | The union expects a white paper to propose that association activities be split , with all students having automatic access only to publicly-funded core services . |
| 5 | The union expects a white paper to propose that association activities be split , with all students having automatic access only to publicly-funded core services . |