Example sentences of "[vb mod] expect a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this approach is anywhere near correct , we should expect a correlation between the class of people who are prohibited as sexual partners and the likelihood that they will be familiar or extremely novel ( see Fig. 24.6 ) . |
| 2 | I thought all the world smelt of onions ; I should expect a writer to choose a less ubiquitous smell to show observation . |
| 3 | ‘ I suppose I should expect a remark like that from you , but nevertheless — ’ |
| 4 | We should expect a student to tackle a problematic discourse in the same way as we would ourselves : that is to say top-down , starting with general ideas of the discourse and filling in details — like difficult word meaning — later . |
| 5 | ‘ The Commission does not think that we should expect an increase of prices … |
| 6 | ‘ I warn the abolitionists ’ , says South Carolina , ‘ … that if chance shall throw any of them into our hands he may expect a felon 's death … |
| 7 | Patients with high risk rectal cancers who undergo curative surgery and receive adjuvant therapy with 5-flourouracil and radiotherapy may expect an improvement in survival . |
| 8 | One might expect a docile or sensible horse , or even a friendly one , to be willing . |
| 9 | In Scotland , with its concentration of electronics firms , an observer might expect a cluster of companies supplying the electronics and semiconductor business with equipment . |
| 10 | I mean , as the company had its origins in Jordan , you might expect a preponderance of Jordanians on the board . |
| 11 | They have fired this interest by spending £44m on the issue , aiming it primarily at the retail investor when one might expect an issue of this sort to be more suitable for institutions . |
| 12 | Energy is thus dispersed and so we might expect an increase in entropy and not a decrease . |
| 13 | Tucking a clean pale blue T-shirt into his shorts , he did n't even glance in her direction , but called over his shoulder as he hoisted himself up the ladder , ‘ I 'll expect a mug of tea in five minutes . ’ |
| 14 | Well , in the morning , when you 've got over your fit of pique , about I do n't know what , I 'll expect an apology from you . |
| 15 | You ought to expect an agency to behave recognizably like a business : if it does not , it is reasonable to expect that it will be unbusinesslike in other respects . |
| 16 | Diamond has a density of about 3.5 grams per c.c. , polyethylene about 0.92 ; when we have made all the necessary corrections however we find that we ought to expect an E of about 10 x 10 6 p.s.i . |
| 17 | " If a flat 's been unoccupied for some time , you 'd expect a pile of letters inside the door . " |
| 18 | They were as relaxed as you 'd expect a couple of dogs to be in the midday sun in the West Indies and clearly had life exactly as they wanted it . |
| 19 | It means a bit of cheating , will give you some idea of how they , at level one , on a picture a child , you 'd expect a child to pick out two things about buildings . |
| 20 | At night George did what you 'd expect a husband to but I did n't mind . |
| 21 | You 'd expect a wages clerk to be able to handle it would n't you ? |
| 22 | I made my way to a cottage near the church , where I had been told I could expect a night 's lodging . |
| 23 | Where a woman could expect a jointure , the death of a husband had distinct benefits . |
| 24 | But when all had been settled , it seemed that Phil could expect a sum of only about six thousand pounds . |
| 25 | At the very least , they could expect a loss of status . |
| 26 | Yesterday , hospital on-call administrator Alan Kennedy said Mrs McIntyre 's complaint would be thoroughly investigated and she could expect a reply within ten working days . |
| 27 | So he learnt that if he gave a little he could expect a reward . |
| 28 | A large gloomy bedroom had been the setting of it , hung with draperies , not the kind of thing you would expect a child to sleep in , but it was a little child that lay on the bed , white and still , the elderly man , evidently a doctor , who had seemingly just lifted a looking glass from the parted lips , turning to the young father and imparting the news of death , while the mother in a transport of grief clung to her husband , her head buried in his shoulder . |
| 29 | If the anti-conspiracy rhetoric were pan of an argument against the tradition , as opposed to an argument within it , then one would expect a disengagement from the ideology of conspiracy . |
| 30 | Since AFDC is specifically directed at the relief of poverty , one would expect a correlation between the level of poverty in a State and the number of recipients there . |