Example sentences of "expect [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With their conveniences and their pleasant facades , the two cottages justify her affirmation , which exactly echoes Loudon 's own conviction , that ‘ Life in cottages might be happier than ours , if they were real houses fit for human beings from whom we expect duties and affections . ’ |
| 2 | Just wanted to clarify that little point , so you know the organs that make up the circulatory system , you know how to check it , you know the one slight difference than what you normally expect veins and arteries to be doing okay ? |
| 3 | Since outcome is determined partly during pregnancy , it is logical to expect pregnant women to ask more questions , expect answers and make informed decisions related to their lifestyle . |
| 4 | Normal language states are not uniform , and in vernacular ( non-standardized ) states we expect alternations and other kinds of variation to exist . |
| 5 | ‘ They expected telecommunications and roads to be modernized within two or three years , but it will take many , many , years . ’ |
| 6 | Shieldaig did not expect visitors and there was no welcome for strangers . |
| 7 | As the papacy 's powers increased so did the cardinals ' revenues , for they were involved in general administration and often legal duties and would expect gifts and payments for services . |
| 8 | ‘ In this part of Austria , we do n't expect babies and toddlers to fit in with hotel routine ; we 've adapted the hotels to suit them , ’ claimed the tourist officer for Vorarlberg . |
| 9 | Drivers can expect delays and congestion when the Gateshead viaduct is closed for six months for re-waterproofing . |
| 10 | Hence we can not expect markets and prices to ensure that the marginal benefits of making a noise are equated to the marginal cost of that noise to other people . |
| 11 | She did not expect letters but on hearing from her the news of Hal 's birth , they had at once despatched an enormous bearskin : a gift for the child . |
| 12 | Putting them to one side from the ordinary trainee where you could expect jobs and N V Q's to be the outcome , and for them to be treated as a special case . |
| 13 | I expected slippers but he was more spruce than that and clearly businesslike in the way he ran this family hotel . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ It is atrocious to expect businesses and parents to bail out schools . |
| 15 | She had been expecting changes and had steeled herself not to resent them . |
| 16 | From Jeff 's description , she 'd been expecting horns and cloven hoofs ! |
| 17 | ‘ We are not expecting miracles but we think we can do well . |
| 18 | Failure of heirs , or the survival only of heiresses , was exploited by the king himself for the benefit of his own sons , who expected endowments and titles as befitted their rank and who by virtue of their birth played a leading part in aristocratic society . |