Example sentences of "one expect a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Surprised , though ; one expected a Swede to be neurotic — but a Scot ! ) |
| 2 | No one expected an attack from there . |
| 3 | No one expected an attack . |
| 4 | The title of this book leads one to expect a contribution to the solution of this problem , but unfortunately these hopes are soon dashed . |
| 5 | It 's opening leads one to expect a knowing , ‘ insider ’ political novel , but it turns out to be the story of a destructive sexual passion , complete with purple passages , the saga of a successful man who becomes obsessed with his son 's mistress , who is only too willing to oblige . |
| 6 | When they left their stalls at the end of Lauds , and approached the night stairs to return to their beds , a slight , habited figure arose from its knees to confront them , stepping into what light there was very gingerly , but with resigned resolution , like one expecting a bleak welcome , but braced to endure and survive it . |
| 7 | The Allegri sounded a bit under-nourished against Mr Campbell 's easy delivery , particularly in the second movement , which should have had more force , though if one expects a bracing scherzo-like piece at this point , Bliss surely over-wrote it , producing instead the effect of a finale . |
| 8 | No one expects a practitioner to have time for much theoretical musing or for large empirical studies . |
| 9 | One expects a child who mastered four notes in his first week to master four more in the second ; a child who has achieved doggy-paddle with both feet off the bottom to progress logically to breaststroke . |
| 10 | No one expects an economic system to produce absolute justice . |