Example sentences of "could [adv] expect [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The relatively liberal de Graaff had been replaced as Governor-General by de Jonge , a hardliner ( it was he who pronounced that Dutch rule would continue for another 300 years ) , and the Colonial Minister was H. Colijn , whose notorious book , Colonial Problems of Today and Tomorrow ( 1928 ) , had declared that the Indonesians could not expect self-government ‘ in the humanly foreseeable future ’ : indeed , he dismissed the notion that there was any Indonesia : ‘ The islands … are a unity for the reason that they compose the Netherlands Indies and for that reason alone . ’
2 After much uncertainty it became plain that the Russians could not expect Mr Aziz to return to Moscow until late on Thursday ; he was expected to go at once to see Mikhail Gorbachev .
3 As a well-known republican who had twice taken arms against Britain he could not expect clemency , and he was shot by a firing squad in Kilmainham gaol 5 May 1916 .
4 ’ You could hardly expect Portia Forbes to start off in the typing pool . ’
5 He said : ‘ Having become heartily sick of my private life myself , I could hardly expect others to take a more charitable view . ’
6 He has a lifetime 's belongings here and we could hardly expect Carrie to move into Fern Cottage . ’
7 We could hardly expect Jennifer to want to go to that place if he 's going to be there . ’
8 He could also expect record damages after being jailed for almost 10 months .
9 As I was unable to see how I could realistically expect students to take responsibility for classes after only six weeks in the School of Education , I decided ( after much self doubt ) to put the students on their first teaching practice in the fourth and fifth years of schools offering our joint GCE O Level/CSE French for Communication syllabus where they would be expected to work with the teachers in a variety of roles .
10 Their commitment to each other was made , after all , and she could n't expect Rohan to jettison every other aspect of his life in her favour .
11 I told them they could n't expect people to get excited by four scruffy ragamuffins that came in the stage door and then go put on their party clothes , which were fantastic , and then again put on their horrible Levis and leave again .
12 You could never expect things to last , after all , could not plan more than a few days ahead .
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