Example sentences of "expect [art] [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 | When you have a positive Z score for one , you 'd expect a negative for the other . |
| 3 | You learn to expect the unexpected in this game , but that was a real bombshell . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Maybe ‘ The Queen Is Dead ’ is better ( only maybe ) but by then we had grown to expect the remarkable as a matter of course . |
| 6 | 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 . |