Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [adv] expect [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You may also expect more love and support than of late .
2 We might then expect that final rather than initial position in the clause is where prominence can be achieved .
3 We might therefore expect these works to conform in some way to established taste , but it does not follow , as many of Wordsworth 's later disciples were prone to assume that anything in heroic couplets is necessarily bad ; in fact , many passages from these poems compare quite favourably with Wordsworth 's eighteenth-century predecessors .
4 From the heat death of our Universe we can therefore expect another universe to spring .
5 ‘ Then he 'll surely expect some sort of explanation from me , ’ Harry said quietly .
6 If he condemns people who are outperforming his members , he can hardly expect much respect for their standards .
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