Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] to expect [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a streak of sadism in his performance which leads us to expect an answering streak of masochism in Katherine . |
| 2 | Economic theory would lead you to expect a net gain even in the EC — making it possible to compensate Western Europe 's producers for their losses and still show a gain for consumers and taxpayers . |
| 3 | We pitched tents in the dark and clambered into our sleeping bags not knowing what to expect the next day . |
| 4 | The decades since 1950 , the 40 most revolutionary years in the history of human society , should lead us to expect a massive disintegration of old values , a collapse of old certainties . |
| 5 | The experience of other advanced economies would lead us to expect the increasing dominance of larger manufacturing firms who can benefit more from economies of scale as the level of output and capital investment increases . |