Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] expect of a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I have a very strong extended family as you might expect of a half Italian , mother always cooking pasta and what have you at home . |
| 2 | AS YOU might expect of a nation that has devoted the past three and a half centuries to failed attempts at independence , Ukrainian leaders have a propensity for messing things up when it matters most . |
| 3 | He comes over well as a person , with all the outer confidence you 'd expect of a company representative . |
| 4 | As you would expect of a gas cooker with such an advanced hotplate , the controls of the new Discovery are equally sophisticated . |
| 5 | Schmeichel , 27 , is everything you would expect of a Dane . |
| 6 | Both coastal and inland clubs offer dinghy parking areas , changing room , safety boat cover and the facilities you would expect of a club house , including catering and a bar . |
| 7 | ‘ The corrosion rate is not out of line with what you would expect of a steel hull lying in quiet sea water , ’ claimed John Bernie , head of the National Physical Laboratory 's National Corrosion Service . |
| 8 | But in 1992 , the only thrusting we can expect of a businessman is that which propels him from a very high building on to the recession-hit pavement below . |