Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh pn] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael Cohen , a specialist dealer in oriental porcelain who expects to be a big bidder at next week 's sale , spent more than £1 million buying Nanking pieces . |
| 2 | But he wanted a nice girl who expected the ring . |
| 3 | The running started because of my father , he was the kind who expected results from his children . |
| 4 | Airships are not all that easily shot down , a disconcerting fact to pilots in the First World War who expected tracer to ignite hydrogen gas at once . |
| 5 | BELVILLE : To conclude , a husband who expects all this ought not to abridge his wife of any privileges of her sex . |
| 6 | Election Focus : Labour Boyo Tactics James Langton watches the remarkable transformation of Neil the Wild Man of the Valleys into Kinnock the Man You Can Trust , a figure of international standing who expects the key to Number 10 |
| 7 | In addition , the person who sent me wants the young man to be removed from his home and educated as a gentleman who expects to inherit a fortune . ’ |
| 8 | His authoritative tone seemed to indicate the latter , giving the impression that here was a man who expected to be obeyed . |
| 9 | ‘ I ca n't marry a man who expects me to love him . |
| 10 | But I was comforted to discover that these highways are antiquities , built by some unfortunate landowner who expected a visit from the king . |
| 11 | In Northern Ireland , where wider cultural values about gender and sex roles are reinforced by common practice , policewomen can be humiliated and face hostility and resentment from some male members of the public who expect to deal with policemen , and normally do . |
| 12 | They include a responsibility to staff who depend on their employers for a decent standard of living and a responsibility to the customer who expects a decent service . |
| 13 | A neutralisation would act to perpetuate the balance of forces that formalised the agreement to neutralise , which would not be in the interest of those parties to the agreement who expect to upgrade their relative involvement in the region over their current level . |
| 14 | For example , women have described to researchers how it is difficult to cut down on food when cooking for a partner who expects meat with his main meal ( Charles and Kerr , 1986 ) . |
| 15 | Abbey National already provided a receipt for mortgage monies ; and a practice rule could be introduced requiring a solicitor who expected to receive evidence of payment to report the matter if this were not forthcoming in a prescribed period . |
| 16 | The transaction may also take the form of a reverse takeover or a rights issue underwritten by a third party who expects to acquire a controlling interest pursuant to the underwriting . |
| 17 | This will be disappointing for a reader who expects at the least some evaluation of the shows . |
| 18 | It therefore has a surprise effect on the reader who expects each new clause to move the discourse forward . |