Example sentences of "expect great " in BNC.
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| 1 | A perfect illustration of his balanced theology was given in the memorable sub-division of his sermon ; ‘ Expect great things from God : attempt great things for God . ’ |
| 2 | We expect great things of you . ’ |
| 3 | It 's always slightly daunting at this particular time because you 're introduced as some sort of guru and people expect great things . |
| 4 | But who 'd have expected great lasagna ? |
| 5 | Accepting even a weak Whorfian view that language used influences thought and representation to some degree , then one might expect great differences in the way that deaf people structure information . |
| 6 | He was less severe with me than he would have been normally , but I saw I could not expect great leniency from him . |
| 7 | If this trend continues , we can expect greater numbers of each successive cohort to reach pensionable age and to have both a longer expectation of life and fewer chronic illnesses and disabilities when it does than its predecessor . |
| 8 | ‘ While in times past a royal wife would be expected simply to put up with a situation no matter how desperate , the Princess of Wales belongs to a generation that has come to expect greater things from life and certainly from relationships , ’ she wrote . |
| 9 | The golfing world has been expecting great things from Norman for years . |
| 10 | Larder , who has given the captaincy to tough utility forward Paul Hulme , is also expecting great things from giant Welsh second rower Paul Moriarty . |
| 11 | But I 'm expecting great things of you , too . " |
| 12 | Mozart wrote the part of Ramiro for a castrato , perhaps expecting greater power than Katherine Steffan conveyed , at least until the final aria when this previously rational character loses his cool . |