Example sentences of "[noun sg] expect [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are certain basic rules of behaviour which the management expect their reception staff to follow : |
| 2 | The council expects its censure or serious criticism ‘ to discredit editors and journalists at whom it is aimed and to be weighed by their employers ’ . |
| 3 | Mean Malcolm whistles at him , an old lady helps him over the road , teacher expects his writing to be tidy and he has to read the part of the spineless Rapunzel . |
| 4 | The noise of the van receded and Forester expected its place to be taken by the measured squeak and clank of the old machine , a sound that he 'd so far heard only through still air at a distance . |
| 5 | Madame expects her wishes to be obeyed . ’ |
| 6 | He now had the neatly trimmed beard which his father expected his sons to adopt as they grew to manhood . |
| 7 | When this had been done , immigration officers began to process the passengers , examining their papers and indicating whereabouts on the pier to expect their luggage . |
| 8 | Even Solidarity expects what people , with increasing irony , call its ‘ halo effect ’ to start wearing off soon . |
| 9 | Although the farmer expected his wife to cope , in many cases she had little preparation for the job . |
| 10 | It is not , therefore , unreasonable for the Church to expect its musicians to have natural musical talents , some training and an adequate technique . |
| 11 | America and the Western world expected his experience , energy and competence to contribute to a distinguished Presidency . |
| 12 | The master expected his servant to increase his own personal wealth , a situation that is exactly analogous with the generally accepted microeconomic concept that management should seek to maximize the wealth of their ordinary ( equity ) shareholders . |
| 13 | This reversal of earlier antislavery history in which London-based committees had sought to mobilise the provinces from their self-anointed positions of leadership was a sign that an aroused antislavery public expected its demands to override tendencies to parliamentary compromise and to render manoeuvre within virtually irrelevant . |
| 14 | Although Concurrent 's Series 3200 proprietary machines provide about two thirds of sales , the company expects its Unix line to take over . |