Example sentences of "one expect [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ( Surprised , though ; one expected a Swede to be neurotic — but a Scot ! )
2 No one expected an attack from there .
3 No one expected an attack .
4 The title of this book leads one to expect a contribution to the solution of this problem , but unfortunately these hopes are soon dashed .
5 One expects a child who mastered four notes in his first week to master four more in the second ; a child who has achieved doggy-paddle with both feet off the bottom to progress logically to breaststroke .
6 No one expects a practitioner to have time for much theoretical musing or for large empirical studies .
7 No one expects the editors to commit themselves before receiving a submitted paper , but some indication of the degree of pleasure with which a resubmission would be received would be welcome .
8 Normally one expects the individual to acquire a structure then practise it until he achieves competence in it in communication ; but the input hypothesis says the opposite is true : in order to acquire structure , we first need to deal with meaning .
9 One expects the interpreter to influence the content , context and spirit of a message as little as possible in keeping with relaying it meaningfully in the second language .
10 Stuff of nightmares No one expects the life of a Peruvian gold prospector to be easy , but I doubt if many would expect to die from the bite of a rabid vampire bat .
11 No one expects the petition to amend the indenture to Barnes ' will to get a court hearing before June .
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