Example sentences of "[pers pn] could expect [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They were sure I could expect a large present from her , either before or after her death .
2 To the watching girl it became increasingly obvious that she could expect no more help .
3 ‘ With most criminal kidnaps you could expect a long wait .
4 If we were to express this need openly and directly in social chit-chat we would risk offending others and we could expect a strong reaction in terms of them rejecting , over-powering or accepting us ( in this instance their luck could be in ) .
5 Therefore , as Ernest Tuveson points out in Imagination as a Means of Grace : ‘ From the nature of mind as described by Locke we could expect a new poetry to be highly visual in nature , for the faculty of sight came to monopolize the analysis of intellectual activity . ’
6 Stevens was one of the most meticulous of film directors and any actor working with him could expect a gruelling time .
7 If a company can limit its interruption claim to a period of three months rather than three years , it could expect a premium reduction of between 25 and 50 per cent .
8 He consulted diviners when Anne Boleyn became pregnant , anxious to know whether he could expect a male heir .
9 Mariot capped this by suggesting that , since the Earl Patrick would presumably intend to yield that castle should Berwick town fall to King Edward , he could expect a greater reward from that monarch if the castle was nominally his own , not just a crown possession .
10 Afterwards , when told he had best wait for his bodyguard , Caledor replied that he could expect no better bodyguards than these hunters , and asked them to accompany him on his quest to the shrine .
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