Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] expect [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's the last thing I 'd expect of Oliver . |
| 2 | Just as I 'd expect of Maurice 's sister . ’ |
| 3 | This '90 has the earthy flavour I would expect from Bergerac , but is soft and ripe , almost creamy in texture , so it really works . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's more what you 'd expect of Durham country than Hertfordshire . ’ |
| 5 | Richard thought the car ‘ very well designed , with the intelligent features you 'd expect from Volvo . ’ |
| 6 | It 's got a long history , lots of it confused as you 'd expect in Oxford of course . |
| 7 | As you would expect of Britain 's leading publisher of legal information for business and industry , we have devised a loose-leaf reference service that will keep you up-to-date monthly with all the important legal developments likely to affect your business . |
| 8 | ‘ Economical , refined , clean but also powerful , BMW 's diesel is what you would expect of BMW but no less remarkable for that ’ |
| 9 | Interior presentation , as well as general fit and finish , is as good as you would expect from Toyota . |
| 10 | We chose as the venue , where else but , the Champagne Hotel of the north where Ian Corner , David Chell and their staff are bravely grasping the nettle of recession whilst continuing to perform as you would expect from Manchester 's top City Centre Hotel . |
| 11 | ‘ A book that is as rich and funny as you would expect from Mary Wesley ’ |
| 12 | JULIA FORDHAM Porcelain ( Circa 10 ) ‘ You make me feel vulnerable and totally exposed , ’ is not a lyric you would expect from Kylie Minogue , or even Liza Minnelli . |
| 13 | The resultant shown in the diagram is the sort that one might expect in Britain , which is an area of dominant westerlies . |
| 14 | As one might expect from John Major , he drank only mineral water in 1990 , his one stint with the budget box . |
| 15 | But The Waste Land 's sounds , rather than sights , come closest to enacting savage ritual , as we might expect of Eliot 's ‘ auditory imagination ’ . |
| 16 | In the abbot 's parlour Tutilo had a larger audience than Cadfael had bargained for , but welcomed it , or so it seemed , perhaps as leavening further the bleak reception he could expect from Herluin . |