Example sentences of "could [adv] expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ You could hardly expect Portia Forbes to start off in the typing pool . ’ |
| 2 | He said : ‘ Having become heartily sick of my private life myself , I could hardly expect others to take a more charitable view . ’ |
| 3 | He has a lifetime 's belongings here and we could hardly expect Carrie to move into Fern Cottage . ’ |
| 4 | We could hardly expect Jennifer to want to go to that place if he 's going to be there . ’ |
| 5 | He could also expect record damages after being jailed for almost 10 months . |
| 6 | As I was unable to see how I could realistically expect students to take responsibility for classes after only six weeks in the School of Education , I decided ( after much self doubt ) to put the students on their first teaching practice in the fourth and fifth years of schools offering our joint GCE O Level/CSE French for Communication syllabus where they would be expected to work with the teachers in a variety of roles . |
| 7 | You could never expect things to last , after all , could not plan more than a few days ahead . |