Example sentences of "[pron] would [vb infin] expect the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It was a disgusting and inexcusable act and I would have expected the sentence to reflect this , ’ said Gosport MP Peter Viggers .
2 ‘ But if one of our lads had done something similar , I would have expected the Manchester City players to respond in the same way .
3 I would have expected the DoH to present its own views on the legal use of restraint rather than allow regional variations to develop , ’ said Levy .
4 We would have expected the fraction to be approximately one-third , because Kleisthenes divided Attica into three , not four : city , coast and inland .
5 What is taxable is the benefit to the employee and one would have expected the quantum of that benefit to be assessed by reference to the value of the benefit to the employee .
6 Therefore one would have expected the proportion of severe pancreatitis to decrease .
7 There is no trace of a lease for the adjacent Coniston Manor at this period though one would have expected the Champions to have taken this " sett " if it had been available .
8 Given that Paisley 's ability to predict political events had always been a major part of his public image , one would have expected the electorate to turn against him , especially when he had committed his personal prestige to the extent of offering to resign if the strike did not change British policy .
9 one would have expected the ransom to have been paid . ’
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