Example sentences of "[verb] expect [det] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Social workers appear to expect few benefits to accrue from residential care . |
| 2 | Of course , one has to expect such things to occur amongst maids and footmen , and a good butler should always take this into account in his planning ; but such marrying amongst more senior employees can have an extremely disruptive effect on work . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , if in our experiments the effects of indomethacin were mediated by an increased production of leukotrienes , one would have expected that indomethacin reversed the beneficial effect of the linoleic diet but not that of the eicosapentaenoic acid diet , or at least not to the same extent , since the lipoxygenase products derived from eicosapentaenoic acid are weaker proinflammatory mediators than products derived from arachidonic acid metabolism . |
| 4 | One of them , Alistair Bruce , told the waiting reporters that they would have expected any charges to have materialised by this time . |
| 5 | The only thing I 'd say , I , I would have expected perhaps I missed out on , on yesterday 's course , but I would perhaps have expected more emphasis to have been given to something that you mentioned , right at the end , was ‘ Find out how long the interview 's going to be ’ . |
| 6 | We might have expected this switch to reinforce the downward trend in the ratio of direct to indirect tax receipts . |
| 7 | Normally , I would n't care two hoots , but having come home unexpectedly , and with the thought of our marriage dazzling me , I 'm so happy that I keep expecting some obstacle to turn up . |