Example sentences of "[pron] expect [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The opening games did not go quite as I expected in that I was surprised to see Wales beat Ireland . |
| 2 | Her party 's platform is imbued with religious themes and ethnic Hungarians — different from the majority of the Romanians in religion , language and traditions — have nothing to expect from this religious revival . |
| 3 | Quickly , she put on her coat and hat , looking round fearfully as if she expected at any moment to feel Sikes ' heavy hand on her shoulder . |
| 4 | His lovemaking was the best , the perfection she expected from such a gentle and caring man . |
| 5 | Fabia was not sure what she expected after that . |
| 6 | Three more informants identified the clash of registers in " the sort of description you expect of old Salzburg and the simile " " like a half-eaten lunch " " " , which , again , they were unable as yet to resolve . |
| 7 | What is unique about the contribution you expect from each member of your team ? |
| 8 | Michelin road-maps mark genuinely arduous or dangerous stretches of road with a broken red line , and though the roadways themselves quite often turn out to be less awkward than you expect from such warnings , less awkward does not mean altogether easy . |
| 9 | It comes with the incredible value for money you expect from any product that carries the Valor name . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , what do you expect as personal assistant to a workaholic ? |
| 11 | The growth of the industrial proletariat convinced him that state education for all was essential , though in 1809 he asked : ‘ What can you expect of national education conducted by a government which for twenty years resisted the abolition of the Slave Trade ? ’ |
| 12 | well how much do you expect for that ? |
| 13 | what do you expect for two ninety nine |
| 14 | The importer 's answer would undoubtedly be ‘ what do you expect for this kind of money ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Well , ’ the foreman said , ‘ what do you expect for eighty bucks a week ? |
| 16 | ‘ What d' you expect with that thing on yer leg ? ’ |
| 17 | What else would you expect from hardened newshounds ? |
| 18 | The installation is very professional as is the actual program , but what else would you expect from leading leisure company SIERRA . |
| 19 | Black and white cows grazed so picturesquely that one expected at any moment an eighteenth-century milkmaid to come prancing out from behind a white-blossomed bush with her three-legged wooden milking stool . |
| 20 | It is interesting that although idioms consist of more than one word , they display to some extent the sort of internal cohesion that we expect of single words . |
| 21 | A priori , what sign would we expect on those two variables ? |
| 22 | So what is on offer and what should we expect from these weighty tomes ? |
| 23 | This figure , of course , is much higher than one expects for two unrelated spoken languages . |
| 24 | Not the sort of thing one expects of this generation , so all the more pleasing when one comes across it . |
| 25 | ( Edited by Michael Hill , available from ) has everything one expects from such a publication . |
| 26 | He writes that he was determined to exclude ‘ voyages , naval battles , shipboard life , fishing ’ and most of what one expects in nautical yarns . |
| 27 | Another monument to him is in the main square of the city of Cebu in the central Philippines , a canopy with the kind of gaudy murals one expects in this flamboyant tropic city . |
| 28 | But even if political authorities were clear about what they expected from public enterprises , political control would remain problematic . |
| 29 | When he plays Sibelius with the New York Philharmonic tomorrow , a rare appearance here , they expect at best a draw . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , what do they expect for four an' 'alf quid ? ’ he asked the nag . |