Example sentences of "[vb pp] to expect [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 While this is good news for millions of borrowers and mortgage holders , it is not such a rosy picture for those people who have come to expect a healthy return from their savings accounts .
2 However , most Japanese businessmen acquainted with foreigners have come to expect a certain variety within reasonable limits in the dress of foreign businessmen .
3 We have come to expect the premeditated dishonesty of Conservative Central Office to be reprinted in the Daily Mail , but we do not intend to allow it to go unchallenged in the columns of Hansard .
4 It has come to expect the steady increase in the standard of living that new developments in science and technology have brought to continue , but it also distrusts science because it does n't understand it .
5 I struggled on for a while , but I know my limitations when it comes to design , especially as we have grown to expect a high standard in QP .
6 She was told to expect a five hour delay … in the event she endured a nine hour wait …
7 But shareholders are still warned to expect a short-term debt hike .
8 In addition , 59 firms have been warned to expect a follow-up visit within two years .
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