Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adj] expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Discouraged , Jinny bent to her picking , telling herself that she was stupid to expect faces at the window or dramatic voices calling . |
| 2 | There were , however , some times of the year when it was unreasonable to expect farmers to leave the farm work for training courses . |
| 3 | Democrats , whilst welcoming Bush 's retreat on the tax issue , argued that it was unreasonable to expect Democrats to associate themselves with spending cuts and tax increases , if they could not be certain that the President could hold his own party to such a deal . |
| 4 | ( iv ) Time limits.In assessing the reasonableness of clauses which require compliance with procedural requirements , such as imposing time limits on notification of claims , the court will consider whether , at the time the contract was made , it was reasonable to expect compliance with the term . |
| 5 | But it was crazy to expect oddness from the day to match her own . |
| 6 | I did n't know whether it was fair to expect Toby to come and visit me . |