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

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1 It would have been unreasonable of the author/translator to expect this item of information to remain in the reader 's consciousness after three intervening pages and an explicitly marked change of scene or topic .
2 He smiled and lifted his champagne glass to his lips and Ruth expected some sort of challenge thrown out but none came and a strange feeling percolated inside her , almost disappointment , but she shooed away the notion .
3 Sue : When can Jobcentres expect more guidance about Community Action and their part in it ?
4 He did n't for one minute expect that sort of treatment in Gloucester , but that was how he would spend this afternoon .
5 In seemed that the Minister expected little opposition in Parliament , where all MPs were members of TANU .
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