Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] expect [adj] [noun] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All I 'm saying , George , is that you should n't expect any help from us . |
| 2 | They 'll hardly expect separate cards from the two of us , though since you 're likely to be sending them one it would n't hurt to add my name to yours . |
| 3 | He was less severe with me than he would have been normally , but I saw I could not expect great leniency from him . |
| 4 | I ca n't expect any favours from Graham Gooch in that direction . |
| 5 | I readily acknowledge that I can not expect definitive statements from the Minister when the answers given by his ministerial colleagues , who have greater legal experience than the Minister and I possess , are , to say the least , somewhat circumspect . |