Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [vb infin] expect the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A couple of weeks ago , I might have expected the Tories to scrape through to election victory with such a Budget . |
| 2 | ‘ It was a disgusting and inexcusable act and I would have expected the sentence to reflect this , ’ said Gosport MP Peter Viggers . |
| 3 | ‘ But if one of our lads had done something similar , I would have expected the Manchester City players to respond in the same way . |
| 4 | I would have expected the DoH to present its own views on the legal use of restraint rather than allow regional variations to develop , ’ said Levy . |
| 5 | In the same way that one would expect the British Medical Association to be called upon to comment on any issue of human rights , we should come to expect the Library Association , along with other organizations such as Article 19 to be called to comment on any issue of censorship , and not just in the literary context . |
| 6 | We would have expected the fraction to be approximately one-third , because Kleisthenes divided Attica into three , not four : city , coast and inland . |
| 7 | But not even they could have expected the rigours of Wendover Woods next to RAF Halton . |
| 8 | Gabriel was galled with shame , though of course he could have expected the Devil to betray him . |