Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] expect [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 Hello darling , come on I said to her when she goes back to Tumbletots I shall expect big things of her .
2 As you 'd expect strong traces of the surging Pixies sound remain , but they 're delivered with a more melodic , playful edge , almost as if splitting up the band has allowed the real Black to emerge .
3 In the fruit line , you can expect small helpings of peaches and pears .
4 With such differences in the quantity and quality of mosaics one might expect different levels of stylistic affinity — and combinations of these levels — to be prominent .
5 If the contention of Pollak and others is correct that the roles of women reduce the public display of deviance , then it is indeed in such ‘ private ’ areas that one would expect female forms of deviance to be located .
6 Their resources were considerable ; not only did they have vast incomes from taxation and from their own estates , but also they could expect considerable quantities of tribute from the subject peoples east of the Rhine and elsewhere .
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