Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] expect a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 After the majestic setting of Old Trafford , Middlesbrough could not have expected a greater contrast than Roots Hall .
2 He said : ‘ If he does n't select and stalk his victim , and obviously he did n't in the last three cases , he 'd normally have to expect a long wait .
3 Admittedly , the theology of the end of days is vague enough : Daniel does not seem to expect a universal resurrection of the dead .
4 But shareholders are still warned to expect a short-term debt hike .
5 Growers here had expected a bumper season .
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