Example sentences of "expect [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Devoy hinted that she expected Jackman to be her successor , by adding : ‘ She can have it [ the title ] after me . ’ |
| 2 | Friends such as Edward Clodd , who expected Hardy to be relieved by her death in 1912 , found instead that he was overcome with remorse for neglecting one whom he had once loved so well . |
| 3 | I would have expected Esquire to be a little more imaginative than to jump on the anti-Essex bandwagon and to realize that you do n't have to be brainless to live in Braintree . |
| 4 | He had not expected Eleanor to beard his lodgings in Earls Court , especially as he had given Mrs Avery the same instructions about visitors as he had given Nurse Goodman . |
| 5 | Clarke explained that if Halsbury had won by such a majority he could not have expected elevation to a judgeship . |
| 6 | These systems expect data to be presented to them in terms of relations and normally present results to users in the form of relations . |
| 7 | Management say they expect cargoes to be handled normally pending any national decision by the Transport and General Workers Union . |
| 8 | Fundamentalists believe so totally in the reality of their message and of the Jesus they preach that they expect lives to be touched and changed . |
| 9 | We expect surgeries to be open certain hours , and for you to undertake certain preventative health measures for all your patients whether they normally come to the surgery or not . |
| 10 | I had expected Gillis to be long since dead or at best a doddering ninety-year-old . |
| 11 | He had not expected Rain to be there and definitely expected her to leave before he did . |
| 12 | About this time of year she 'd have expected business to be picking up , but instead it remains ominously quiet . |
| 13 | As an author , I expect reviewers to be honest and objective . |
| 14 | We expect Jesus to be in the right place at the right time , therefore his choosing of male apostles was quite deliberate , which must have theological significance and definite implications for the ministry today . |
| 15 | We expect inflation to be higher as a result of the pound 's fall , which threatens to erode the initial competitiveness benefit as UK prices rise faster than those elsewhere and the real exchange rate rises again . |
| 16 | Worst affected is your love life , so expect dates to be cancelled or romantic liaisons to be put on ice . |
| 17 | ‘ They expect servants to be invisible , but they expect the work to be done all the same , ’ put in Ethel . |
| 18 | A staggering 52% — mostly females — said they expect rates to be higher in 12 months ' time with a consequent knock-on effect on mortgages . |
| 19 | ‘ You expect God to be like the Lord Chief Justice in London . |
| 20 | They are that the public expect Britain to be defended and want Labour to be what it has been for most of its history — a party prepared to provide resources commensurate with defending this country . |
| 21 | Yet customers walk through an entrance with 24ft stone pillars to reach our bar and they expect prices to be high in such an environment . ’ |
| 22 | Unfortunately , we expect communication to be verbalised , and preferably in English ! |
| 23 | It had been a stupid omission , but then she 'd left so unexpectedly and in such a rush ; besides , she 'd expected Suzie to be at the address she 'd been given . |
| 24 | While teachers would presumably like a class of thirty hermaphroditic paragons , they nonetheless expect pupils to ‘ deviate ’ from this — and on sex-differentiated lines . |
| 25 | Significantly , the greeting trill is normally done when they are on the move , usually when they have come in from outside and are about to move off towards the place where they expect food to be waiting . |
| 26 | You expect reality to be different from imaginings . ‘ |
| 27 | I 'd expected Famlio to be patrolling in deep space , as usual , giving me room to manoeuvre and avoid them . |
| 28 | He had not expected Wang to be so upset , so patently indignant . |
| 29 | Buyers expect salespeople to be business-like in their personal appearance and behaviour . |
| 30 | We all expect others to be like ourselves . |