Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] expect [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can hardly expect lightning to strike twice in the same family . ’ |
| 2 | You can hardly expect commitment and company loyalty from an employee who 's been press-ganged into working for you . |
| 3 | We should thus expect resistance from workers to attempts by management to wrest control from them , and the historical evidence for this is now forthcoming . |
| 4 | Of course this can never be true if the occupation has been entered upon for what one can get out of it — one must never expect virtue to bring a reward . |
| 5 | We can also expect de-recognition by employers who are frightened to death by the T & G. It it 's already happening . |
| 6 | He could also expect record damages after being jailed for almost 10 months . |