Example sentences of "[noun sg] [indef pn] expect " in BNC.

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1 Showing the pzazz one expects from a descendant of the Victorian prime minister , he hired a room in the Zhovtnevy Hotel and invited some friendly locals .
2 There is only the lower half of the hero on the sherd but he is identified by the club , an unusually thin example , and with a cross hilt one expects on a sword , on his right hangs the lower part of the lion skin , behind him on the left are two long-necked birds , identifying this Labour , although there is no evidence of the bow ( fig. 14.35 ) .
3 A spokesman , Mr Guido Tognoni , said : ‘ I have the feeling everyone expects hooligans , but we are being more positive . ’
4 In the end everyone expected a return on love , demanded a rebate of gratitude or respect .
5 Not the sort of thing one expects from our side , a childish prank , more suited to the Liberals .
6 Not the sort of thing one expects of this generation , so all the more pleasing when one comes across it .
7 Hardly the form one expects from Turlough O'Connor 's teams .
8 Thus , we can not give the reassuring answer one expects from theories .
9 On a new house one expects to see shrinkage cracks in the plaster on walls and ceilings , but not on the outside .
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