Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] expect [adv] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bertha Cohen snorted as if to convey that she expected as little from grandchildren as from children . |
| 2 | So , while in 1814 the prime criticism of the idea was that it expected too much of human nature , too much of the people who were to live in the communities and of those who were to put them there , while then it was in short a social criticism , by 1832 the idea had become an economic nonsense . |
| 3 | Right , well I think the biggest problem with Trust Law is that it expects too much of trustees . |
| 4 | He says : ‘ If you expect too much of people , you are going to be disappointed . |
| 5 | Gross margin was as we expected broadly level with the second half of last year . |