Example sentences of "[adv] expect a [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By contrast one can normally expect a mini to have good on-line facilities . |
| 2 | Asking him to deliver is like expected a chameleon to stay the same colour whatever its environment . |
| 3 | ‘ Loads of women still expect a man to pay when they go out for dinner . |
| 4 | As Mann says , this may be acceptable if the only evidence consists of a ‘ one-sided dialogue ’ where the suspect refuses to answer any questions at all , but where some , a significant number perhaps , are answered , it may be highly impracticable to sever a conversation in this way and still expect a jury to make sense of it . |
| 5 | We usually expect a marriage to last — yet things can change ! |
| 6 | Mrs Burke 's daughter , Mrs Doreen Leverton , 63 , said : ‘ You always expect a parent to die sometime but not in this way . |
| 7 | The Old Testament prophet Jeremiah was right when he said of an unlikely event that you might as well expect a leopard to change its spots . |