Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] expect a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought all the world smelt of onions ; I should expect a writer to choose a less ubiquitous smell to show observation . |
| 2 | ‘ I suppose I should expect a remark like that from you , but nevertheless — ’ |
| 3 | Tucking a clean pale blue T-shirt into his shorts , he did n't even glance in her direction , but called over his shoulder as he hoisted himself up the ladder , ‘ I 'll expect a mug of tea in five minutes . ’ |
| 4 | I made my way to a cottage near the church , where I had been told I could expect a night 's lodging . |
| 5 | I mean , as the company had its origins in Jordan , you might expect a preponderance of Jordanians on the board . |
| 6 | Yesterday , hospital on-call administrator Alan Kennedy said Mrs McIntyre 's complaint would be thoroughly investigated and she could expect a reply within ten working days . |
| 7 | They were as relaxed as you 'd expect a couple of dogs to be in the midday sun in the West Indies and clearly had life exactly as they wanted it . |
| 8 | " If a flat 's been unoccupied for some time , you 'd expect a pile of letters inside the door . " |
| 9 | It means a bit of cheating , will give you some idea of how they , at level one , on a picture a child , you 'd expect a child to pick out two things about buildings . |
| 10 | You 'd expect a wages clerk to be able to handle it would n't you ? |
| 11 | At night George did what you 'd expect a husband to but I did n't mind . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Erm so I all we 're trying to do now at the moment though is , is to , to operate from the point of view of saying look , if you actually take all these things into account , we should n't be worse than we were ultimately , once these systems have bedded in , we 're doing more checking on letters for example th than , than we w we wo n't have to once we 've checked through the first two months of auto-offs , and we 're getting used to the new reports and so on and that sort of stuff , so we expect there to be a blip , but you would expect a learning curve in anyway . |
| 14 | You can expect a choice of nine restaurants and bars , a casino and nightclub , a swimming pool , whirlpool and gymnasium , a full business centre , of course , and simultaneous translation facilities in our Congress Hall . |
| 15 | I think you can expect a reward for what you did , son , ’ he smiled . |
| 16 | WITH your ruler Mars in this area of your chart until April 27 you can expect a lot of activity on the home front . |
| 17 | In fact , you can expect a lot of good news from KLM as we continue to meet your expectations . |
| 18 | With him you can expect a lot of gratuitous sex and violence , a trail of corpses and a thrilling roof-top — ’ |
| 19 | If this approach is anywhere near correct , we should expect a correlation between the class of people who are prohibited as sexual partners and the likelihood that they will be familiar or extremely novel ( see Fig. 24.6 ) . |
| 20 | We should expect a student to tackle a problematic discourse in the same way as we would ourselves : that is to say top-down , starting with general ideas of the discourse and filling in details — like difficult word meaning — later . |
| 21 | ‘ It raises the question of internal control and we would expect a bank facing this difficulty to inform us right away , ’ said an official . |
| 22 | When we would expect a feeling to be expressed to some extent by both partners but instead one person is quite overcome with emotion while the other is apparently untouched , we may assume that one carries and expresses the feeling for both . |
| 23 | However , I do not expect the full effect to be felt until next year , when I am sure we can expect a megaseller each month . |
| 24 | But , as RICHARD BATH discovers , England 's appointment of coach DICK BEST for less than a year means that , instead of a bright new era , we can expect a diet of pragmatism and playing the percentages . |
| 25 | At the very least , they could expect a loss of status . |
| 26 | ‘ I warn the abolitionists ’ , says South Carolina , ‘ … that if chance shall throw any of them into our hands he may expect a felon 's death … |
| 27 | So he learnt that if he gave a little he could expect a reward . |
| 28 | Ed Wallis , of PowerGen , was the first to openly admit that having paid the piper , he would expect a choice of tune . |
| 29 | Without Batty , Leeds have lost six of their last eight matches , and if he comes through tomorrow 's reserve team clash with Newcastle , he can expect a recall at Blackburn on Saturday . |
| 30 | He can expect a change of pace in his new job : whereas he was responsible for 290 students at Goldsmiths ' , the Maastricht programme has eight students per year in a two-year course . |