Example sentences of "you expect [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As our clearance is at 1300 ft I am very quickly levelling out and using the power to achieve the standard 120 kt cruise you expect from a Squirrel . |
| 2 | We canna have everybody putting eights , nines and tens and nobody putting ones , twos , and threes because then it it becomes meaningless er , in relation to the section it 's got to bear some relation to what sort of standard you expect from a child at at such |
| 3 | ‘ You could video that and sell it as what you expect from a player the control , the passing , the will to take responsibility , to work , to retrieve situations . |
| 4 | But when yo when you walk in the door , I mean , first Stuart knew so he that 's why he took me in , and we walk in and there 's a head waiter would you like a table for two sir would you like a non smoking or a smo and then he showed you to your table and pulled your chair , you know , I mean tha not what you expect in a tea shop or coffee place you know i ha ha and they have proper waitresses with the little hat on , you know she 'll get about four tables so they 're looking after you and even on your saucer where you had your I mean yo your teapot and everything on the saucer 's a little mat so that you do n't drip , if it drips |
| 5 | To her criticisms her mother would say : ‘ Well , what do you expect for an egg ? ’ |
| 6 | What would you expect in a poem Lucy then ? |
| 7 | Her mother 's contemptuous sniff meant , Judith knew , ‘ What can you expect from a goy ? ’ but that was too familiar a piece of bigotry to provoke her into argument . |
| 8 | How many times have we heard comments along the lines of ‘ What can you expect from a child from that kind of family ? ’ |
| 9 | What do you expect from a guitar amp ? |
| 10 | She 's not exactly Pavlova , but what do you expect from a country girl who runs a dancing class ? |
| 11 | But what else do you expect from a system which rewards usurpers and conmen and punishes those who simply get on with the job ? |
| 12 | ‘ But what can you expect from a man like Rodriguez . |
| 13 | Well , what else would you expect from a man who could moan for Britain . |
| 14 | Well , what else would you expect from a man who could moan for Britain . |
| 15 | It is , however , a gutsy and typically offensive record — what else do you expect from a group called Da Lench Mob ? |
| 16 | What could you expect from a pup with a mere nine peacock feathers in his eagle helmet 's crest ? |
| 17 | But what can you expect from a party that promises a 2 per cent tax cut , thus boosting consumerism ? |