Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] expect [adj] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hello darling , come on I said to her when she goes back to Tumbletots I shall expect big things of her . |
| 2 | Though you might expect some echoes of a Telecaster or a Les Paul Junior , it actually sounds like neither . |
| 3 | As you 'd expect strong traces of the surging Pixies sound remain , but they 're delivered with a more melodic , playful edge , almost as if splitting up the band has allowed the real Black to emerge . |
| 4 | In the fruit line , you can expect small helpings of peaches and pears . |
| 5 | If this trend continues , we can expect greater numbers of each successive cohort to reach pensionable age and to have both a longer expectation of life and fewer chronic illnesses and disabilities when it does than its predecessor . |
| 6 | Their resources were considerable ; not only did they have vast incomes from taxation and from their own estates , but also they could expect considerable quantities of tribute from the subject peoples east of the Rhine and elsewhere . |