Example sentences of "expect a [noun] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Many people expect a standard from members of the Royal Family , which they do n't expect from their own families . |
| 2 | We expect a lead from Westminster , not a vacuum left at Christmas or any other time of the year by a bunch of freeloaders . |
| 3 | I I expect a letter from |
| 4 | I expect a letter from her saying how nice that belch was and what what perfect notational quality it was . |
| 5 | I would have expected a letter from him . |
| 6 | After the gripping Corkhill saga , expect an appearance from The Farm in the New Year |
| 7 | If the anti-conspiracy rhetoric were pan of an argument against the tradition , as opposed to an argument within it , then one would expect a disengagement from the ideology of conspiracy . |
| 8 | ‘ If I had n't replied to a client for five months I would almost expect a visit from them in response to a complaint ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Pike is very sweet — he just does n't expect a lot from anybody or anything , ’ says Luke . |
| 10 | Well , in the morning , when you 've got over your fit of pique , about I do n't know what , I 'll expect an apology from you . |
| 11 | I 've had a word with him on the phone , and told him to expect a call from you . |
| 12 | On an issue so important as that of the death penalty I feel that the House is entitled to expect a lead from the Government ; we fail in our duty unless we give the view of those responsible for maintaining law and security for the citizens . |
| 13 | But I was comforted to discover that these highways are antiquities , built by some unfortunate landowner who expected a visit from the king . |
| 14 | Taxi drivers on the resort island of Jerba , close to the Libyan border , are already expecting a windfall from the transit of foreigners working in Libya . |
| 15 | Diane — the girl in the next flat — is expecting a call from the hospital . |
| 16 | Erm are you expecting a problem from him ? |
| 17 | Isolated from her sons , Diana had been expecting a visit from Gilbey at Althorp House where she had been staying with her brother , Charles . |
| 18 | He was expecting a visit from the young woman he had been wooing assiduously and he had carefully orchestrated the evening so that all his housemates were out and he had the house to himself . |
| 19 | Sybil also heard Angy giving Delia her address so it 's reasonable to assume that she was expecting a visit from her some time . |
| 20 | She had been expecting a visit from Rick Lawrence ; if Lou 's predictions were correct she would have changed from her working clothes into something more alluring and put on fresh make-up and perfume to receive him . |
| 21 | Troops loyal to the breakaway faction , led militarily from the town of Nasir , on the Ethiopian border , by Cdr Riek Machar , are now on alert expecting an attack from the town of Malakal ‘ at any time ’ , Dr Akol said . |
| 22 | The Dwarfs advanced in battle formation fully expecting an attack from the steep mountain slopes which towered ominously above the old Dwarf road . |
| 23 | We 're now expecting an offer from Melchester Rovers . |
| 24 | No one expected an attack from there . |
| 25 | He expects a ruling from Ian Lang , Secretary of State for Scotland , on the proposals by the end of this month . |
| 26 | Intergraph Corp , Huntsville , Alabama warns that while it has not yet closed its books for the first quarter , preliminary estimates indicate that turnover will be lower than expected at between $280m and $285m , and that all geographic segments were below expectations for the quarter , and price reductions on older products combined with lower sales volume resulted in reduced gross margins ; the company expects a loss from operations excluding restructuring charges of $8m to $10m or $0.11 to $0.13 per share and restructuring charges and non-operating items during the quarter will increase the losses by an additional three cents a share . |