Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] expect a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I thought all the world smelt of onions ; I should expect a writer to choose a less ubiquitous smell to show observation . |
2 | ‘ I suppose I should expect a remark like that from you , but nevertheless — ’ |
3 | Tucking a clean pale blue T-shirt into his shorts , he did n't even glance in her direction , but called over his shoulder as he hoisted himself up the ladder , ‘ I 'll expect a mug of tea in five minutes . ’ |
4 | Well , in the morning , when you 've got over your fit of pique , about I do n't know what , I 'll expect an apology from you . |
5 | I made my way to a cottage near the church , where I had been told I could expect a night 's lodging . |
6 | Ninety per cent of his party 's cash comes from the unions , which will expect a return . |
7 | You ought to expect an agency to behave recognizably like a business : if it does not , it is reasonable to expect that it will be unbusinesslike in other respects . |
8 | I mean , as the company had its origins in Jordan , you might expect a preponderance of Jordanians on the board . |
9 | Yesterday , hospital on-call administrator Alan Kennedy said Mrs McIntyre 's complaint would be thoroughly investigated and she could expect a reply within ten working days . |
10 | They were as relaxed as you 'd expect a couple of dogs to be in the midday sun in the West Indies and clearly had life exactly as they wanted it . |
11 | " If a flat 's been unoccupied for some time , you 'd expect a pile of letters inside the door . " |
12 | It means a bit of cheating , will give you some idea of how they , at level one , on a picture a child , you 'd expect a child to pick out two things about buildings . |
13 | You 'd expect a wages clerk to be able to handle it would n't you ? |
14 | At night George did what you 'd expect a husband to but I did n't mind . |
15 | A large gloomy bedroom had been the setting of it , hung with draperies , not the kind of thing you would expect a child to sleep in , but it was a little child that lay on the bed , white and still , the elderly man , evidently a doctor , who had seemingly just lifted a looking glass from the parted lips , turning to the young father and imparting the news of death , while the mother in a transport of grief clung to her husband , her head buried in his shoulder . |
16 | Erm so I all we 're trying to do now at the moment though is , is to , to operate from the point of view of saying look , if you actually take all these things into account , we should n't be worse than we were ultimately , once these systems have bedded in , we 're doing more checking on letters for example th than , than we w we wo n't have to once we 've checked through the first two months of auto-offs , and we 're getting used to the new reports and so on and that sort of stuff , so we expect there to be a blip , but you would expect a learning curve in anyway . |
17 | The water companies have responsibilities to their shareholders , who will expect a return on their investment . |
18 | You can expect a choice of nine restaurants and bars , a casino and nightclub , a swimming pool , whirlpool and gymnasium , a full business centre , of course , and simultaneous translation facilities in our Congress Hall . |
19 | I think you can expect a reward for what you did , son , ’ he smiled . |
20 | WITH your ruler Mars in this area of your chart until April 27 you can expect a lot of activity on the home front . |
21 | In fact , you can expect a lot of good news from KLM as we continue to meet your expectations . |
22 | With him you can expect a lot of gratuitous sex and violence , a trail of corpses and a thrilling roof-top — ’ |
23 | Diamond has a density of about 3.5 grams per c.c. , polyethylene about 0.92 ; when we have made all the necessary corrections however we find that we ought to expect an E of about 10 x 10 6 p.s.i . |
24 | If this approach is anywhere near correct , we should expect a correlation between the class of people who are prohibited as sexual partners and the likelihood that they will be familiar or extremely novel ( see Fig. 24.6 ) . |
25 | We should expect a student to tackle a problematic discourse in the same way as we would ourselves : that is to say top-down , starting with general ideas of the discourse and filling in details — like difficult word meaning — later . |
26 | ‘ The Commission does not think that we should expect an increase of prices … |
27 | One might expect a docile or sensible horse , or even a friendly one , to be willing . |
28 | They have fired this interest by spending £44m on the issue , aiming it primarily at the retail investor when one might expect an issue of this sort to be more suitable for institutions . |
29 | Energy is thus dispersed and so we might expect an increase in entropy and not a decrease . |
30 | ‘ It raises the question of internal control and we would expect a bank facing this difficulty to inform us right away , ’ said an official . |