Example sentences of "[adv] expect [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He obviously expected some sort of reaction .
2 It paused , obviously expecting some kind of shocked reaction .
3 He had not expected colonial argot from such a source .
4 It was humiliating , and she had not expected that kind of reaction from him .
5 One can not prove a personal judgment of this kind , and I do not expect immediate assent to it .
6 Abolitionists did not expect immediate conversion by slaveholders ; it was not necessary in so far as they were sure planters could not for long resist the economic imperatives .
7 He was less severe with me than he would have been normally , but I saw I could not expect great leniency from him .
8 Love Virgos involved in a new relationship should not expect much progress until at least early December .
9 I do not expect much joy from the Minister tonight , but I give warning that , for the time I remain on these Benches , with the label on which I came here eight and a half years ago — as a Labour Member of Parliament , albeit a Member who has a label beneath his name on the TV as an expelled Labour Member — I shall bring before the House the necessary measures not just to talk about the death of the poll tax but to bury it once and for all .
10 The West should not expect outstanding interest to be paid off before 1993 .
11 I do not expect any difficulty in getting approval for the larger sum , and can do that at the same time as tenders are to hand for acceptance , but it will remain important to contain the total project cost as far as possible .
12 The representation is , of course , implicit and we would not expect any child to be able to state explicitly the phrase structure rules and transformations generating the sentences of his language .
13 Analysts do not expect any move for Ferranti until the radar contract is awarded , though one possible bidder — British Aerospace — has already ruled itself out .
14 Analysts do not expect any move for Ferranti until the radar contract is awarded , though one possible bidder — British Aerospace — has already ruled itself out .
15 I would not expect this work to be on a contingency basis and would expect the fees to fall in the range of £ [ ] — £ [ ] per hour .
16 Where it is not supported , the reason is often , as suggested by Rundquist ( 1980 , 1983 ) , because the spending patterns are already set by the geography of demands ( one would not expect large spending on subsidies for cotton farmers in New Hampshire , for example ) and the goal of the pork barrellers is rather to get plenty of money for the programme than to direct it to certain areas rather than others .
17 She may find it difficult not to regard you still as the child who would do her bidding without question ; and you have to learn to see her , not just as your mother , but as a ‘ person ’ too , with good and bad traits in her character just like everyone else — not expecting silver-haired sainthood from her simply because she gave birth to you .
18 He was not expecting this display of outright defiance .
19 If he condemns people who are outperforming his members , he can hardly expect much respect for their standards .
20 Even if it has , you should not always expect reliable reading of a file on a 5.25 inch disk when it has been written on a 1.2MB drive and you are attempting to read the file on a 360K drive .
21 It was as if he were always expecting bad news to be relayed to him .
22 Wholesalers reported an increase in sales compared with last year , reversing the previous trend , and they also expect strong growth in sales in February .
23 Maude 's telegram from the Queen was also expected this morning at Trees Park Village , near Middleton St George , where she has lived for the last seven years .
24 Moscow could also expect Iraqi interest in Brezhnev 's initiative since Baghdad had floated a ‘ Pan-Arab Charter ’ early in 1980 , which inter alia had asserted the need to keep the Gulf free from all superpower bases .
25 Might we now expect some clarification regarding Trident .
26 ‘ Then he 'll surely expect some sort of explanation from me , ’ Harry said quietly .
27 DO N'T expect romantic comedy from Bill Alexander 's production of The Taming of the Shrew at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre , Stratford-upon-Avon .
28 Rather it was precisely to change attitudes , to stress individual responsibility — you 're on your own , do n't expect any help from us — and to reduce the state 's obligations .
29 ‘ All I 'm saying , George , is that you should n't expect any help from us .
30 ‘ Arthur does n't expect any nonsense from him till July .
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