Example sentences of "and expect the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Republic had supplanted a symbolic structural feature — the monarchy , it attacked another — the church and expected the compliance of the army . |
| 2 | She had been named regional marketing services manager and expected the job to be confirmed . |
| 3 | You can simply ask yourself this question , sit quietly with pen and paper at hand , and expect the answers to come to you . |
| 4 | Panorama ( BBC-1 , Monday , 9.30pm ) asks : Should the taxpayer foot the bill for thousands of single mothers like these , who live alone but have several babies and expect the State to pay for them ? |
| 5 | PANORAMA ( BBC1 9.30pm ) asks : Should the taxpayer foot the bill for the thousands of single mothers who live alone but have several babies and expect the State to pay for them ? |
| 6 | It is very rarely sufficient just to put the product on the table and expect the photographer to get on with photographing it . |
| 7 | ‘ You ca n't do that sort of thing and expect the ref not to take strong action . ’ |
| 8 | And they are concerned that the media and the public will take the proposals floated in the paper as cast iron and expect the APB to implement them all . |
| 9 | I wonder how many teachers do give consideration to ‘ what the boys will like ’ when choosing a class text , and expect the girls to be more tolerant of the choice made . |
| 10 | ‘ Ah , yes , but you ca n't very well knock on a monastery gate and say , ‘ May I have some poison ? ’ and expect the father abbot or prior to hand it over without a question . |
| 11 | This teacher afterwards remarked that she could not just ‘ set ’ activities such as problem-solving or project work of this kind and expect the children to be able to manage on their own . |
| 12 | Under the YT programme , the Government are paying less and expect the employer to pay more . |
| 13 | Er , to expend money on a project over , that is going to last thirty forty years , and expect the people today to pay for it . |
| 14 | He writes it all down , he sends it all in and expects the system to handle it . . |