Example sentences of "would [vb infin] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But who 'd have expected great lasagna ? |
| 2 | erm it 's a case of whether I , I would 've expected that , that an analysis of that over a significant period of time w would even out , really . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , if in our experiments the effects of indomethacin were mediated by an increased production of leukotrienes , one would have expected that indomethacin reversed the beneficial effect of the linoleic diet but not that of the eicosapentaenoic acid diet , or at least not to the same extent , since the lipoxygenase products derived from eicosapentaenoic acid are weaker proinflammatory mediators than products derived from arachidonic acid metabolism . |
| 4 | ‘ Maybe my father would have expected that but certainly not this generation of Serras . |
| 5 | I wonder whether you can lay the blame for the soot entirely on your neighbour , as I would have expected any ‘ fallout ’ to have settled some distance away . |
| 6 | One of them , Alistair Bruce , told the waiting reporters that they would have expected any charges to have materialised by this time . |
| 7 | Woolwich would have expected any refusal of payment to lead to collection proceedings which would have been gravely embarrassing for Woolwich , the more so as it would have been the only building society refusing to pay . |
| 8 | Woolwich would have expected any refusal of payment to lead to collection proceedings which would have been gravely embarrassing for Woolwich , the more so as it would have been the only building society refusing to pay . |
| 9 | All of the grooms , except one who was asleep on some hay bales , had chosen not to sit in the car with their charges , and I imagined it was because of Leslie Brown 's daunting presence : racing lads on the whole felt a companionable devotion to their horses , and I would have expected more of them to be sitting on the hay bales during the day . |
| 10 | From a writer who edited Elle in its snazziest phase you would have expected more nous . |
| 11 | I was more surprised than gratified , for without having really considered it I would have expected unsolicited adoration to annoy Nour , to lead to stone-throwing … |
| 12 | Who would have expected this to happen ? ’ |
| 13 | Well I would have expected those premises not to be selling intoxicating liquors you 've obviously not had a licence for a month . |
| 14 | Pupils at the new schools would have to expect longer working days and longer terms than at maintained schools . |