Example sentences of "[pers pn] could expect a [adj] " 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 | ‘ With most criminal kidnaps you could expect a long wait . |
3 | 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 ) . |
4 | 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 . ’ |
5 | Stevens was one of the most meticulous of film directors and any actor working with him could expect a gruelling time . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | He consulted diviners when Anne Boleyn became pregnant , anxious to know whether he could expect a male heir . |
8 | 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 . |