Example sentences of "have expect [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both these cat families were in zoos , where the proximity of the male was forced on the female and where , if anywhere , one might have expected to see tom-cat aggression towards the young . |
| 2 | The numerous victims of their rapacity and greed had no reason to risk their necks for the king and his favourites ; nobles such as the king 's half-brother the Earl of Norfolk , who might have expected to enjoy some influence at court , hated the Despensers for their monopoly of the king 's presence ; and the heirs of the victims of 1322 had everything to gain from the overthrow of Edward 's regime . |
| 3 | Hence , they might both have expected to receive considerable support from such sources . |
| 4 | I should not have expected to obtain such a reaction if more than twelve years had elapsed since death . ’ |
| 5 | Had this been a function for Chedworth , one might at least have expected to find suitable tools . |
| 6 | The speeches in the House of Lords pointed out that one would have expected to find this section in a Part of the Act dealing with company charges rather than in that dealing with debentures , and accepted that the mortgage would not be a ‘ debenture , ’ for the purposes of some of the other sections . |
| 7 | It appears to be in the early stages of transition into a red giant and normally we would not have expected to find intelligent life anywhere within its field of influence . ’ |
| 8 | Incidentally , who , a couple of decades back , would have expected to find high-quality Turkish cuisine in Chorlton-cum-Hardy ? |
| 9 | By building up an army of individual shareholders the Conservatives may well have expected to gain political support . |
| 10 | He points out that in 1960 , married black women could have expected to have 3.49 children ; if they had continued to reproduce at this rate , the out-of-wedlock rate among black women would have increased from 23% in 1960 to just 29% in 1987 , and gone almost unnoticed . |
| 11 | With the FLN victory of 1962 — two years after Camus 's death — there was an immediate exodus of French Algerians and now , as I walk the streets , it seems ridiculous to have expected to find any trace of Camus 's Algiers — like an American travelling to England in the hope of finding Dickens 's London . |
| 12 | To Lan 's astonishment her father signalled for her to approach the altar next ; as she was the youngest she had expected to go last , but her father was clearly singling Kim out for special treatment by allowing her to precede him . |
| 13 | She had expected to spend that night with Edward and wake up beside him , the left-hand side , that had become a habit and it was a mistake , no doubt , to allow marriage to become a matter of habit , but that did n't prove that she was not a woman . |
| 14 | All told , BT had expected to invest some $100m in the three ventures . |
| 15 | It was the very last thing he had expected to discover given McAllister 's fiery and impetuous nature . |
| 16 | She had expected to get good advice from Lovat , not a proposal of marriage . |
| 17 | The family had expected to feel strange in Stephen 's company , but he put them at their ease and asked Jonadab 's advice on farming matters , until they warmed to him . |
| 18 | Then I had expected to feel cold in winter , both indoors and out of doors , all my life . |
| 19 | Similar impressions are obtained from other examples of this type : ( 22 ) He did not want to be alone , and had expected to find some of his friends at the bar . |
| 20 | Tonight he had expected to become engaged , and everything had collapsed . |
| 21 | There will always be problems when working with an English vernacular text using cockney or other dialects , but students from overseas have to expect to take this in their stride ( and usually do ) . |