Example sentences of "[pron] expect [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is simply that I expected better service , ’ he snapped . |
| 2 | I set off again , maintaining for some reason — perhaps because I expected further farm creatures to wander across my path — my slow speed of before . |
| 3 | We expect further guidance will be necessary in relation to the treatment of surpluses in pension funds , though recently considerable uncertainties have arisen in this area about the cost of pension provision as a result of the European Court judgment , often referred to as the ‘ Barber Case ’ . |
| 4 | After all , one expects better value for money for one 's computer time . |
| 5 | Though he expects lower cereal crop yields after he completes the conversion , there is a saving of £70 an acre in the cost of pesticides and herbicides . |