Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A creditor does not generally expect P Notes to flood in by mail . |
| 2 | Directors do not normally expect payment for their services though a small gift might be appropriate . |
| 3 | When he arrived in America , Weill did not automatically expect New York ears to take to the music of the Berlin avant-garde in which he had played so prominent a part : instead he set himself the task of learning to write music with an American accent . |
| 4 | Should we not therefore expect God 's gifts to have their satanic counterpart ? |
| 5 | BLACKBURN boss Kenny Dalglish warned the rest of his expensive stars last night they ca n't always expect £3.3million striker Alan Shearer to save them with one of his ‘ specials ’ . |
| 6 | Britain is at the stage when we must no longer expect sections of our land to be retained for the benefit of the few , when they could be used to provide jobs for the many . |
| 7 | We are not used to long poems these days , and we no longer expect poetry to do the work of history , psychology and the novel , or to find ‘ the spirit of the age ’ expressed in poetic medium . |
| 8 | We can therefore hardly expect change from individual departments : they lack an appreciation of the curriculum as a whole and are inherently inclined to defend their own interests . |
| 9 | Snizort thought you might very nearly expect creatures , beings , anything at all , to steal through a darkling forest and lie watching the strange group of people eating supper and drinking wine in the glow from the fire . |