Example sentences of "expect from a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , The Conran Shop ( naturally ) is already stocking some furniture , various galleries have bought pieces , and she will have her own show in the summer : the least that one would expect from a girl who , when just a Southern bellette , covered with paint and pattern her mother 's hairdryer . |
| 2 | The action is perfectly smooth , as you would expect from a top of the range product . |
| 3 | Not the sort of mistake you would expect from a mammal or a man . |
| 4 | What do you expect from a guitar amp ? |
| 5 | The amp switches on with that disconcerting ‘ plop ’ that you get from most tranny machines and would certainly not expect from a hi-fi costing half as much . |
| 6 | Her mother 's contemptuous sniff meant , Judith knew , ‘ What can you expect from a goy ? ’ but that was too familiar a piece of bigotry to provoke her into argument . |
| 7 | As you 'd expect from a hotel of this calibre , the bedrooms are lavish and extremely comfortable . |
| 8 | I ca n't fault it in performing the basic functions that you can reasonably expect from a spreadsheet , but I do feel that Lotus has tried to sell 1-2-3 for Windows on the back of the original DOS version , which misses the point of an Windows spreadsheet entirely . |
| 9 | As well as all the things you would expect from a home finance package , such as automatic standing orders debits and bank reconciliation , this package has all the extras that , once used , you will wonder how you managed without them . |
| 10 | Aged 34 , Mr Gates is bright , opinionated , decisive and every bit as sure of himself as one would expect from a man who was a billionaire by the age of 30 . |
| 11 | It is the type of attitude you would expect from a man who cites Buck Shelford as his role model and who learned his trade in the best of all academies . |
| 12 | This is not the sort of statement you 'd expect from a man who won the Boardman-Tasker Award and the NCR ( National Cash Registers ) non-fiction prize with his first book . |
| 13 | Added to that , the policeman gave evidence , mentioning my concern , and also adding that ‘ It was a clean-cut blow to the jaw , sir , as you would expect from a man who got an Oxford Blue for boxing . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But what can you expect from a man like Rodriguez . |
| 15 | Well , what else would you expect from a man who could moan for Britain . |
| 16 | Well , what else would you expect from a man who could moan for Britain . |
| 17 | There was a terrible nervousness which you do n't expect from a man of that age , and of that standing in the ministry . |
| 18 | What can we expect from a Government who are dismantling quality training in the construction industry and whose record on training boards over the past decade has been one of failure ? |
| 19 | The other mechanical properties of wood are very much what we should expect from a bundle of tubes or fibres . |
| 20 | The lasers are extraordinary , the sound system all you 'd expect from a custom-built club , and guest DJs travel in from across Europe — in one week last month , Brit visitors included Trevor Fung , Paul Oakenfold , Mrs Woods , Fat Tony and Danny Rampling . |
| 21 | This was written late in his life and with his own declared interest in socialism and sociology there is a tendency to see things rather more ‘ socially ’ than one might expect from a child of the local corner shop . |
| 22 | They think , perhaps , more in terms of what knowledge and skills they would hope to find in a secondary school entrant rather than of those one might expect from a child who had successfully completed a primary school course . |
| 23 | How many times have we heard comments along the lines of ‘ What can you expect from a child from that kind of family ? ’ |
| 24 | AS YOU would expect from a company founded in Scotland , CCG has a particularly strong presence in its native land , with a large diversity of work . |
| 25 | But what else do you expect from a system which rewards usurpers and conmen and punishes those who simply get on with the job ? |
| 26 | Designed by Nautor 's house naval architect , German Frers , the new 55 has all the beauty , performance and reliability you would expect from a Swan , yet has been designed to satisfy the needs of the cruising sailor . |
| 27 | ‘ Not perhaps the normal taste you might expect from a crew member . ’ |
| 28 | She 's not exactly Pavlova , but what do you expect from a country girl who runs a dancing class ? |
| 29 | His attitude to England seems terribly confused , as one might expect from a person who despises royalty but brandishes the cross of St George . |
| 30 | As well as their expertise in the field of wedding and engagement rings , Beaverbrooks offer all the services you would expect from a quality jeweller . |