Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] expect [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , I admit freely that I would expect my desktop publisher to be able to flow and reflow copy from one column to another automatically ; that seems a basic requirement for general-purpose DTP and PagePlus ca n't do it . |
| 2 | If I carry you down to the garden I shall expect your life story in full , a complete and truthful exposé . ’ |
| 3 | Yes , I would think that if a person had a normal personality , if the interaction between the in institution and the personality was normal , you 'd expect their interaction with other people to be normal . |
| 4 | Given a large aquarium , a varied diet and a lot of it , you could expect your Snakehead to reach almost its full length of about 100cm . |
| 5 | ‘ She can expect her husband at her side , and that 's what she 's going to get . ’ |
| 6 | If there is n't , ask what is a realistic period in which you can expect your accounts to be paid , add a margin of 50 per cent and allow for this in your profit margins and liquidity levels . |
| 7 | Since political bias was so much a characteristic of the press we might expect its influence to be more apparent in terms of attitudes than perceptions , however . |
| 8 | Since all mammals evolved from a common ancestral stock we would expect their brains and bodies to have large numbers of common features which could be the basis of a reasonable level of extrapolation ( Sarnat and Netsky 1981 ) . |
| 9 | Again , we would expect its level of use to be inversely related to the level of union organisation in an establishment . |
| 10 | Well we would expect his group to be against it . |
| 11 | We wish to distance ourselves from such inferences , even though naturally we would expect our findings to generate constructive discussion about the effective use of pupils ' and teachers ' time in primary schools . |
| 12 | I think we can expect our keeper to have a good game always , with exceptional games often enough . |
| 13 | So we can expect our submarine eruption to be much more explosive than its terrestrial counterpart . |
| 14 | Perhaps we should reconsider whether it is necessary to give women a precise date on which they should expect their baby to arrive . |
| 15 | After that they would expect His Majesty to grant a dissolution . |
| 16 | Someone is sure to ask you how long it takes to knit a jumper , but do n't tell them the exact number of hours and minutes , or they will expect their jumper by tomorrow ! |
| 17 | A single man might be useful for attacking the marauders that Winnie feared , but then he might expect his washing and ironing to be done , and his socks darned , and Winnie was beginning to feel rather too old for such mothering . |
| 18 | He 'd expect your engagement to be followed by marriage . ’ |
| 19 | He would expect his visitor to come back through the door to the kitchen . |
| 20 | John Jones has been told more money will be available from the first of April and he can expect his knee operation in the next year . |