Example sentences of "[pron] expect [art] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ask what do I expect the nurses to do at the end of the workshop . |
| 2 | As she expected the children had vanished perhaps into the trees . |
| 3 | You expect the servants to nick the silver , not the guests . ’ |
| 4 | You expect the attendants to look like Peter Cushing . |
| 5 | This is a meandering , innocent instrumental structured so that , at any moment , you expect the vocals to drop in and the ‘ song ’ -proper to begin , but you know it never needs to . |
| 6 | What changes would you expect the farmers to make if ( i ) the price of milk fell considerably , ( ii ) the EEC guaranteed price for beef fell sharply ? |
| 7 | Likewise , she expects the children to operate intuitively in their make-believe , but she believes the intuition can be a refined instrument , accompanied by a high degree of awareness , at its best , bringing about reflection on what one experiences even as one experiences it . |
| 8 | We expect the authorities to come up with imaginative schemes , designed to tackle specific local crime problems , such as kerb crawling , mugging and burglary . |
| 9 | Final evidence that rhynchosaurs were herbivorous is that they occurred in large numbers ; in general we expect the herbivores to outnumber carnivores . |
| 10 | No one expects the editors to commit themselves before receiving a submitted paper , but some indication of the degree of pleasure with which a resubmission would be received would be welcome . |
| 11 | They expected the angels to come down and join battle with them — ‘ the sons of light ’ — against their enemies — ‘ the sons of darkness ’ — and to give them victory over all other peoples . |
| 12 | But they do it though and they expect the cleaners to do it for no extra pay ? |
| 13 | While , theoretically , local authorities may spend their own incomes in ways they themselves choose , the government , in calculating local government grants , increasingly indicates how it expects the authorities to allocate funds between priorities . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , each leads us to expect the arms race which experience confirms . |