Example sentences of "[be] [verb] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesman said : ‘ We have been told to expect anti-apartheid action and although the ANC requested no such protests for this tour , it seems some people seem determined to carry on anyway . |
| 2 | Two animal rights campaigners have been told to expect long jail sentences after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit arson . |
| 3 | Fortunately her mother had been told to expect this and the reason for it was explained . |
| 4 | We had been led to expect all the guillemots , but there were no black guillemots either on the ledges or in the sea . |
| 5 | Already by the late middle ages the English were beginning to expect more space and more privacy in their houses than was to be normal in Scandinavia for another three centuries . |
| 6 | Even then they were warned to expect emotional aloofness on their return . |
| 7 | ‘ Forwards hit you at every opportunity and my problem was to remember to expect physical contact . |