Example sentences of "could expect [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made my way to a cottage near the church , where I had been told I could expect a night 's lodging . |
| 2 | Where a woman could expect a jointure , the death of a husband had distinct benefits . |
| 3 | But when all had been settled , it seemed that Phil could expect a sum of only about six thousand pounds . |
| 4 | At the very least , they could expect a loss of status . |
| 5 | Yesterday , hospital on-call administrator Alan Kennedy said Mrs McIntyre 's complaint would be thoroughly investigated and she could expect a reply within ten working days . |
| 6 | So he learnt that if he gave a little he could expect a reward . |
| 7 | The President 's cabin lay three miles into the reserve , four miles to the north and a good eight hundred feet above the lodge , and divided from it by a small tributary of the Makaa so Trent could expect no help there even if the owner was in residence . |
| 8 | They knew only too well what was going on in Baldersdale but Sam and his brood were too wily to be caught and the law could expect no help from other residents . |
| 9 | Major could expect no favours . |
| 10 | She said nothing , but the cold sadistic look in the eyes of the SS women told her that she could expect no mercy . |
| 11 | Knowing they could expect no mercy from the revenge-crazed mob , the Annamese cai were the first to turn and flee , and the two terrified Frenchmen followed them . |
| 12 | Punjabis could expect no protection from the ineffective , demoralised police . |
| 13 | And they knew that they could expect no reinforcements from Scotland while they could have no certainty that a second force was not closing in behind them from England , since clearly their movements had been known , and their return anticipated . |
| 14 | My eighteen camels were all heavily loaded , as we could expect no supplies from the Danakil but meat and milk until we reached Aussa . |
| 15 | Moreover , they had revealed their game irrevocably this time and could expect no clemency if they lost . |
| 16 | Nor was such military service the only obligation on which the sixth-century Merovingians could rely : they could expect the provision of hospitality , which could be an extremely costly business , as when Chilperic I 's daughter , Rigunth , set out to meet her intended husband in Spain — her retinue devastated the country it passed through . |
| 17 | The tesserae are still applied to a bed of mortar , but the client could expect the work in the room which was actually receiving the mosaic to be finished much more quickly than with the direct method . |
| 18 | No one could expect the blessing of the Most High for such pursuits . |
| 19 | As paragraph 16.1 of Code C makes clear , the police officer is obliged to charge a suspect as soon as he believes that there is sufficient evidence for a prosecution to succeed , but nobody could expect the police simply to cease work on the case and rely at the trial only on the material revealed up to the moment of charging . |