Example sentences of "[pron] expect [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michelin road-maps mark genuinely arduous or dangerous stretches of road with a broken red line , and though the roadways themselves quite often turn out to be less awkward than you expect from such warnings , less awkward does not mean altogether easy . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , ’ the foreman said , ‘ what do you expect for eighty bucks a week ? |
| 3 | What else would you expect from hardened newshounds ? |
| 4 | It is interesting that although idioms consist of more than one word , they display to some extent the sort of internal cohesion that we expect of single words . |
| 5 | He writes that he was determined to exclude ‘ voyages , naval battles , shipboard life , fishing ’ and most of what one expects in nautical yarns . |
| 6 | But even if political authorities were clear about what they expected from public enterprises , political control would remain problematic . |
| 7 | Was that not what he expected from Asian shopkeepers , and did that justify breaking their bones ? |
| 8 | He expected in normal years a clear trading profit of £400 . |
| 9 | They give details of what to expect of various opportunities open to you , and how to obtain further information on professional qualifications , future prospects , etc . |
| 10 | Cezar , Bailey 's Brazilian butler , later recalled that he never knew what to expect in those days . |