Example sentences of "[vb past] to expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Pember Reeves noted that the Lambeth housewives she visited ‘ seemed to expect judgement to be passed on the absent man according to the amount he allowed them . ’ |
| 2 | Earl Spencer 's friend told to expect jail for £1.8m swindle |
| 3 | Dressed in a freshly laundered dhoti , a clean white turban wrapped neatly around his head and a rough khadi coat buttoned up to the collar , he walks with the gait of a man accustomed to expect deference . |
| 4 | The company said to expect Sparcstation 10 Model 52s and 54s in the late spring , early summer . |
| 5 | ( In last week 's Unigram issue we said to expect price reductions of around 40% . |