Example sentences of "we expect [to-vb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Jimmy Airlie , secretary of the Ford union side , said : ‘ We expected to get a favourable majority . |
| 2 | Naturally we expect to see a fair share of lottery revenue coming to Scotland . |
| 3 | We expect to have an important debate tomorrow afternoon on the 20 per cent . |
| 4 | By comparing objects in museums with those mentioned in inventories or seen in old drawings and photographs , we expect to get a fuller picture of domestic life in Scotland than we can find in any one source alone . |
| 5 | We expect to find a guilty incident or relationship because he writes continually of guilt ; we expect to find sin because he speaks of atonement and expiation . |