Example sentences of "expect a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Some people expect a movie to be more than entertaining if they go and just laugh all the way through , they think there 's something wrong . |
| 2 | He has already dumped reserves , while yesterday defender Matt Jackson and Stuart Barlow Kendall said : ’ You expect a reaction to the kind of hammering I have the players on Saturday . |
| 3 | On the other hand , people naturally expected a return to prewar " normality " — prewar living standards , the old way of life , and elements , at least , of the old political system . |
| 4 | English mathematics had been in a contemptible state for so long that one could hardly have expected a solution to such an important problem to come from that quarter . |
| 5 | Additional targets set by Minister for Social Security Peter Lilley include : the identification of at least 40,000 extra self-employed people who should be registered ; a £12m increase in returns from identified Class 1 NI underpayments ; a £13.3m increase in payments of arrears ; and efficiency savings of £2.6m. 95% of customers can also expect a response to their enquiries within 10 working days . |
| 6 | One would n't expect a clergyman to be interested in young girls of eighteen . ’ |
| 7 | When we would expect a feeling to be expressed to some extent by both partners but instead one person is quite overcome with emotion while the other is apparently untouched , we may assume that one carries and expresses the feeling for both . |
| 8 | At night George did what you 'd expect a husband to but I did n't mind . |
| 9 | ‘ Then , as we 're not , you wo n't expect an answer to your question , will you ? ’ she responded brightly . |
| 10 | The title of this book leads one to expect a contribution to the solution of this problem , but unfortunately these hopes are soon dashed . |
| 11 | Their parents had travelled thousands of miles , from all parts of the globe , to make a new home in quiet England , safe among the ashes of empire , only to have their children greeted by Mr Malik , a man more exotic than any schoolboy had a right to expect a teacher to be . |
| 12 | ( Surprised , though ; one expected a Swede to be neurotic — but a Scot ! ) |
| 13 | He said : ‘ It is not a time limited offer but we will be sending the contracts out and expecting a response to them . ’ |
| 14 | Social services staff have been negotiating with the Department of Health and are expecting a decision to be made in the next couple of weeks . |
| 15 | Lindner thought he was on his way to Headingley on a similar deal and was expecting a contract to be faxed to him yesterday . |
| 16 | The crew has been expecting a return to the Gulf . |
| 17 | The senior , Flying Officer Jimmy Coutts , was married to a farmer 's daughter and they were expecting an addition to the family at any moment . |
| 18 | ‘ Congratulations — Alan tells us you 're expecting an addition to the tribe . ’ |
| 19 | We always expected an appeal to An Bord Pleanala and we are well prepared for it ’ . |
| 20 | However , it thinks some kind of contact will be forged over time and expects a port to the company 's DRS6000 Unix box to materialise in the not too distant future . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , one naturally expects a cattery to be more austere , ’ said Mark . |