Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [adv] expect [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may also expect more love and support than of late . |
| 2 | We must therefore expect certain aspects of computer design to reappear throughout the book , to be seen from a slightly different angle each time . |
| 3 | We might then expect that final rather than initial position in the clause is where prominence can be achieved . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | From the heat death of our Universe we can therefore expect another universe to spring . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Then he 'll surely expect some sort of explanation from me , ’ Harry said quietly . |
| 8 | If he condemns people who are outperforming his members , he can hardly expect much respect for their standards . |