Example sentences of "they expect [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The monks of the Middle Ages used to practise ‘ divine reading ’ , which meant that they expected their lives to be transformed as a result of what they read . |
| 2 | The characteristic Christian theme was most at variance with pagan assumptions in that bishops asked husbands to be as faithful to their wives as they expected their wives to be to them . |
| 3 | I mean starting from the way children go to school in the morning — they expect their parents to take them quite often , and to contribute to pollution . |
| 4 | Parents vary in the quantity they expect their child to be able to eat so a food diary can help the therapist determine appropriate quantities with the parents . |
| 5 | For instance , in the UK the Confederation of British Industry publishes a four monthly basis a national survey of the opinions of a lab sample of companies whether they expect their sales , exports , production , employment and investment to remain stable or change . |
| 6 | I 'm told they behave here as if they expect their empire to last forever . |
| 7 | How can they expect their leader to devote his energy to attacking the Tories when he has to spend time dealing with his own rancorous , ill-disciplined colleagues ? |