Example sentences of "expect [art] [adj -est] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several of the teachers shuddered at the mention of this and Endill expected the worst as Mould was led away talking gibberish . |
| 2 | When we make it obvious that we expect the worst from people , the worst is usually what we get . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Mary was spectacular to look at and her own knowledge that she was made her capricious and difficult , expecting the best of everything . |