Example sentences of "[adv] expect [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So expect two years of dull , decent , gritty competence , explain the Major-domos — and steady , unspectacular results . |
| 2 | That is to say , for 100 feet of water one could only expect 240 feet of sediment of normal density . |
| 3 | We should not expect three classes of behaviour corresponding to the three processes of adaptation . |
| 4 | You ca n't expect one person to satisfy all your needs . ’ |
| 5 | In July the company had said that it then expected 32,000 people to take redundancy this year , up from the 20,000 forecast at the beginning of the year : now it says it expects 40,000 to go , 8000 of them in Europe — of which the UK share is 600 , and 4,000 of them in Asia . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought the horses I was riding had each way chances but I never expected four winners . |