Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [modal v] expect [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I will have a piece of tape which says , ‘ Well yes of course you would expect the Chairman of the County Council to get food poisoning in this particular restaurant because we have prosecuted him three times . |
| 2 | ‘ In the public service you must expect the clock to go somewhat slower than in any other organisation . |
| 3 | If ever he did go to the bazaar he would expect the shopkeepers to stand up when he entered … |
| 4 | We also seek to give some indication of the overall role we would expect the business to play in our picture of the future of the company , and ask them to develop plans which fit in with that role . |
| 5 | So the bacterial genes share a common destiny with their host 's genes , and in my interpretation we should expect the bacteria to cooperate with their beetles in all aspects of life . |
| 6 | A large gloomy bedroom had been the setting of it , hung with draperies , not the kind of thing you would expect a child to sleep in , but it was a little child that lay on the bed , white and still , the elderly man , evidently a doctor , who had seemingly just lifted a looking glass from the parted lips , turning to the young father and imparting the news of death , while the mother in a transport of grief clung to her husband , her head buried in his shoulder . |
| 7 | I 'll be absolutely open with you — we do have difficulties over cash , but when you see the business we 've got lined up … well , this time next year I 'll expect the bank to be standing me a slap-up lunch ! |