Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] expect [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would not expect these decisions to be uniform across the country because of different local circumstances and the likelihood of different clinical views on the efficacy of particular treatment . |
| 2 | I would not expect this work to be on a contingency basis and would expect the fees to fall in the range of £ [ ] — £ [ ] per hour . |
| 3 | I ca n't expect any favours from Graham Gooch in that direction . |
| 4 | You may also expect more love and support than of late . |
| 5 | ‘ All I 'm saying , George , is that you should n't expect any help from us . |
| 6 | You would n't expect much speed out of it , but then you could confidentially run it over any terrain without adverse effect . |
| 7 | You would n't expect another adult to put up with an interminable monologue from you . |
| 8 | If , however , you are cynical enough to believe that the shelf-life of a tax efficient investment is inversely proportional to the number of national press articles highlighting its advantages , then you will not expect these rules to remain as generous as this forever . |
| 9 | We should not expect that research will come up with recipes and remedies which will work whatever the circumstances . |
| 10 | We might then expect that final rather than initial position in the clause is where prominence can be achieved . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The representation is , of course , implicit and we would not expect any child to be able to state explicitly the phrase structure rules and transformations generating the sentences of his language . |
| 13 | But we can not expect any Psalm reflecting the years of oppression and revolt to be exactly comparable with the situation described from a later point of view in the Books of Maccabees ; and if we can not use the Books of Maccabees in this way any certain terms of comparison are lacking altogether . |
| 14 | From the heat death of our Universe we can therefore expect another universe to spring . |
| 15 | ‘ Then he 'll surely expect some sort of explanation from me , ’ Harry said quietly . |
| 16 | But he ca n't expect any help form the Borough Council . |
| 17 | If he condemns people who are outperforming his members , he can hardly expect much respect for their standards . |