Example sentences of "expect [noun] to take " in BNC.
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| 1 | We expect planes to take off on time . |
| 2 | As one senior manager said : ‘ Employees now expect managers to take decisions on a commercial basis and recognize that their interests as employees — and in many cases shareholders — demand it . |
| 3 | The conclusion that we have drawn from these observations , which is supported by independent experimental evidence to be discussed below , is that although people expect ellipses to take their meanings from the preceding text , they do not derive that meaning solely from a representation of the superficial features of the preceding text . |
| 4 | When she threw herself down on the grass , he had expected Underwood to take advantage of the situation , but he sat upright and apart . |
| 5 | After Auschwitz , would you not expect Germans to take every conceivable care to stop German arms filtering through to where they could threaten Israel ? |
| 6 | We must expect contractors to take care of all operations ON A project including : — |
| 7 | ‘ How can you expect people to take you seriously , if you do n't have any convictions about anything ? ’ |
| 8 | Do n't expect governors to take on more than they can manage . |
| 9 | As I was unable to see how I could realistically expect students to take responsibility for classes after only six weeks in the School of Education , I decided ( after much self doubt ) to put the students on their first teaching practice in the fourth and fifth years of schools offering our joint GCE O Level/CSE French for Communication syllabus where they would be expected to work with the teachers in a variety of roles . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ Having become heartily sick of my private life myself , I could hardly expect others to take a more charitable view . ’ |
| 11 | It is unfair , however , to expect nurses to take on this new role and responsibility without adequate training and supervision . |
| 12 | Usually when a well-deserving photographer has a punch thrown at him by a celebrity , nobody bats an eyelid — unless the fist belongs to Sean Penn — indeed everybody used to expect Sinatra to take a swing . |
| 13 | But at least one minister expected Hunt to take a different line . |
| 14 | Informix expects development to take between two and three years to complete . |
| 15 | The bulk of domiciliary care is already provided by families , but Mrs Thatcher has made it plain that she expects families to take on extra responsibilities , and this is also apparent in the White Paper on Caring for People . |