Example sentences of "expect the [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The issue was of far greater importance to Japan than to Russia , yet the Tsar and most of his ministers expected the Japanese to be easily intimidated . |
| 2 | Several of the teachers shuddered at the mention of this and Endill expected the worst as Mould was led away talking gibberish . |
| 3 | He said it was important that the pace of change was ‘ right ’ but refused to say when he expected the last of the doomed homes to say goodbye to its last resident . |
| 4 | It all went according to plan for her and I think he expected the same for me . |
| 5 | On that occasion he had been treated with a degree of courtesy not far short of deference and he had subconsciously expected the same of his interview with Chief Inspector Golding . |
| 6 | But that need n't be a problem — as long as you both expect the same from your love . |
| 7 | When we make it obvious that we expect the worst from people , the worst is usually what we get . |
| 8 | I believe there are enough pictures to represent this School adequately in three collections , as I would naturally expect the best of post-World War I British pictures to be present in the new Modern Art Museum . |
| 9 | History suggests that Hongkong Bank should expect the worst after 1997 ; it lost all but one of its 33 branches in mainland China in 1949 . |
| 10 | You learn to expect the unexpected in this game , but that was a real bombshell . |
| 11 | Veterinarians , horticulturists and environmental scientists have known for years that fluoride at very low concentrations can damage vegetation , aquatic life and livestock ; chemists have learnt to expect the unexpected from this unpredictable element ; and biochemists , physiologists and toxicologists all know that fluoride is a potent poison of enzymes . |
| 12 | Maybe ‘ The Queen Is Dead ’ is better ( only maybe ) but by then we had grown to expect the remarkable as a matter of course . |
| 13 | Gregg Allmann has a brooding bit part as the all-purpose Mister Bad and , just for good measure , there 's a born-again bigot sheriff expecting the impossible from his cops . |
| 14 | Mary was spectacular to look at and her own knowledge that she was made her capricious and difficult , expecting the best of everything . |
| 15 | Logically expecting the last of the breed to be the best of the breed , I was surprised to learn that the Mooney ‘ is n't a patch ’ on the Aircoupe . |
| 16 | He expects the same of those around him . |
| 17 | He expects the same of those around him . |