Example sentences of "[conj] expect [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point is that financial management in the 1990s requires librarians ( and all other service managers ) to provide a justification for funding bids , rather than to expect money to be granted as of right . |
| 2 | as if conforming to some prearranged ceremony they grouped themselves into a semicircle with Alex Mair a little to the front , like a formal welcoming party but one bracing itself for trouble rather than expecting pleasure from the approaching guest . |
| 3 | Students today are used to visual effects of a high quality , such as in documentary programmes on television , and expect competence on behalf of the tutor and clinical teacher in their use . |
| 4 | ‘ With house costs running to thousands of pounds , it 's crazy not to invest in proper care and expect value for money . |
| 5 | And meanwhile we 'll keep going you know and er and do what we have to do which is to make sure that when they get dow when they get round to that table sitting down that well certainly the the quarry men are not gon na be hungry if if you know what I mean I mean they they gon na sit there with full bellies in a sense that they 're not gon na be starved back and I mean th that sounds rather dramatic and a cliched but I mean when you 're living on the bread line and expecting money from week to week I mean that 's what it 's all about is n't it you know and and the food parcel . |
| 6 | He smiled thinly , as if expecting praise for his gesture of concern . |
| 7 | What I do n't want is a man who takes me out for a meal , buys a bottle of cheap plonk and expects payment in the form of instant sex , either in the back of his car , or if he gets really lucky , in my flat . |
| 8 | It sees no recovery in the world economy in 1993 and expects sales in real terms to be flat . |
| 9 | That 's not at all bad , but expect time to first print to be longer for highly graphical subjects . |
| 10 | Rogers ' experience of American family life in the early part of the century was of a cohesive group exerting a powerful religious influence over its members ( with a taboo on dancing , playing cards , drinking , smoking , etc. ) , as well as expecting commitment to family demands ( coming straight home from school ) and fulfilment of family expectations ( gaining entry to the University of Wisconsin ) . |