Example sentences of "[noun sg] and expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Church must stand alongside every family like that — not actually put the Royal Family on a pedestal and expect impossible things of them . ’ |
| 2 | Getting people to change their approach and expect that with training , expect to have to analyze what they what they thought they 're going to get out of it , why they should be doing it . |
| 3 | I am sorry to say that I often broke the tenth commandment for I really coveted that model and expect many of my contemporaries were also guilty of that sin . |
| 4 | We should see what we can do on this matter and expect another report back and then they actually can tell . |
| 5 | She knew that he had tried to give her the impression that he was going off on a promiscuous adventure and expected this to arouse in her both admiration and jealousy , but as Lydia 's misdemeanours were more of the spirit than of the flesh she found promiscuity not merely sinful but foolish and disgusting . |
| 6 | Some parents have very high expectations of cleanliness and expect complete conformity from their child . |