Example sentences of "expect [pron] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect nothing short of a bloodbath . |
| 2 | I 'm really surprised that you expect something logical from an outfit that released their second album well in the wake of their third . |
| 3 | But what does happen is that people are directed away from blighted homes we know that that happens , it happens all the time , as soon as a home 's name is mentioned social workers , quite honourably believe that there 's no sense in putting down people 's names , no no sense in sending people there and you would expect nothing different from them so it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy . |
| 4 | So we might well expect something equivalent to negotiation , as Robert Hinde has argued . |
| 5 | I would n't expect this to happen in a capitalist country so why expect anything different from the USSR ? |
| 6 | A few chapters of Music , Mind , and Brain are stimulating and produce the right sort of sparks ; but others jar either because they are couched in long-winded jargon , or because they set off with a title and intent , which lead one to expect something new in the way of results , but then degenerate into vague speculations . |
| 7 | Thorny presents sugar lumps in a plastic bowl and smiles ; she expects something sinister in the smile but it is guileless . |
| 8 | ‘ I found the pressure hard to handle because everyone expects something special from you every single week . |