Example sentences of "expect [verb] one [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | At any moment I expected to see one drop with a cardiac arrest , but the sultan told us not to underestimate their power . |
2 | The Parti Seselwa , led by Wavel Ramkalawan , which won 4.4 per cent of votes , was expected to secure one seat under a " best losers " system . |
3 | The appeal will take place in Stockton Town Hall on Tuesday , July 21 , at 10am and is expected to last one day . |
4 | thought or expect to demonstrate one point |
5 | Salim leaves them , takes off on the first of a series of ‘ flights ’ , and treks to the interior , to a country which appears to be compounded of the Congo and of Uganda , in order to earn a living from a store which he has acquired from a man whose daughter he is expected to marry one day . |
6 | In both blue-collar and white-collar employment , the long-predicted world in which nobody could expect to have one job for a lifetime has now arrived . |
7 | Now that men and women live longer , many people suggest that it is unrealistic to expect to sustain one marriage for a lifetime . |