Example sentences of "[indef pn] expect the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the settlers got to Virginia , everyone expected the gentlemen of the party to run things , just as in England . |
| 2 | Nearly 30 millimetres of rain was recorded.Flood warnings had been issued … but no-one expected the river to rise so quickly … surging 10 feet above normal levels . |
| 3 | NOBODY EXPECTED The Farm to make anything other than a bad album . |
| 4 | Nobody expected the pupils to be paragons of perfection The standards the principal expected of herself were a different matter entirely . |
| 5 | Still , nobody expects the Gulf war to resume . |
| 6 | While Robert Henri 's ‘ Skipper Mick ’ was a radiant , tightly painted and very appealing late portrait ( lot 56 est. $80–120,000 ) , none expected the $315,000 ( £196,875 ) Henri portrait record paid by dealer John Surovek . |
| 7 | No one expects the editors to commit themselves before receiving a submitted paper , but some indication of the degree of pleasure with which a resubmission would be received would be welcome . |
| 8 | Normally one expects the individual to acquire a structure then practise it until he achieves competence in it in communication ; but the input hypothesis says the opposite is true : in order to acquire structure , we first need to deal with meaning . |
| 9 | One expects the interpreter to influence the content , context and spirit of a message as little as possible in keeping with relaying it meaningfully in the second language . |
| 10 | Stuff of nightmares No one expects the life of a Peruvian gold prospector to be easy , but I doubt if many would expect to die from the bite of a rabid vampire bat . |
| 11 | No one expects the petition to amend the indenture to Barnes ' will to get a court hearing before June . |