Example sentences of "[noun prp] expect a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only when Helen and Tony told him that Helen expected a baby before Christmas did he seem to come out of his stupor of misery . |
| 2 | The SSD expected a demand for advocates to accompany mothers to child protection conferences . |
| 3 | Perhaps Mr Lloyd expects a non-smoker to abstain from breathing while in the vicinity of tobacco smoke . |
| 4 | At least he behaved as Khrushchev expected a capitalist to behave , as a ‘ chained cur of imperialism ’ . |
| 5 | Livings , who had come to Thorpe expecting a host of small , annoying revisions , could not believe his luck . |