Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is everything I did for Miss Elizabeth worthless and am I foolish to expect more of her ? |
| 2 | They all expected each member of the staff to express — discreetly — particular and intense interest in their child . |
| 3 | The American experience makes it reasonable to expect that , as the effects of the new advertisements and quotations regulations take hold , awareness of typical APRs will slowly climb so that in maybe seven or eight years ' time most people do have a reasonable idea of them . |
| 4 | Is it realistic to expect junior house officers to admit to their consultants that they are overburdened when their career progression depends on getting a good reference ? |
| 5 | Erm , I find myself agreeing with what Mr Courcier said , er , about Hambledon , I do n't think it realistic to expect existing settleme , villages within the area of search to form a nucleus for a new settlement , they 're simply too small and would be swamped by any development , and also the er I stand by the statements made yesterday about the environmental quality of the settlements , about there form , settings , and characters , and I really do n't think that they could form the nucleus of a new settlement . |