Example sentences of "[adv] expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was evident was that they had all expected Comrade Andrew to join them , even Alice , who knew he disapproved . |
| 2 | Worst affected is your love life , so expect dates to be cancelled or romantic liaisons to be put on ice . |
| 3 | He says there is flu in the community at this time of year so expect children to have flu symptoms . |
| 4 | He says there is flu in the community at this time of year so expect children to have flu symptoms . |
| 5 | But a Royal Bank spokesman said : ‘ We would only expect tenders to be based on the cost per hour , not the total cost . |
| 6 | The longest serving clerical workers , whose responsibilities include juggling patient admissions with spare beds , can only expect £6,235 , that 's even after 25 years ' experience . |
| 7 | Monica had drifted half-way back to the main road , apparently expecting Alice not to reappear . |
| 8 | Just wanted to clarify that little point , so you know the organs that make up the circulatory system , you know how to check it , you know the one slight difference than what you normally expect veins and arteries to be doing okay ? |
| 9 | Almost all the words which have both a strong and weak form belong to a category that may be called function words — words that do not have a dictionary meaning in the way that we normally expect nouns , verbs , adjectives and adverbs to have . |
| 10 | ‘ In a bear market you normally expect shares to drop 15 to 25 per cent over 18 months . |
| 11 | We are not used to long poems these days , and we no longer expect poetry to do the work of history , psychology and the novel , or to find ‘ the spirit of the age ’ expressed in poetic medium . |
| 12 | They just expect software and networking capabilities added in . |
| 13 | We should thus expect resistance from workers to attempts by management to wrest control from them , and the historical evidence for this is now forthcoming . |
| 14 | Directors do not normally expect payment for their services though a small gift might be appropriate . |
| 15 | The Purchaser will normally expect warranties from all Vendors — whether or not they worked or will work in the business . |
| 16 | Britain is at the stage when we must no longer expect sections of our land to be retained for the benefit of the few , when they could be used to provide jobs for the many . |
| 17 | A creditor does not generally expect P Notes to flood in by mail . |
| 18 | I know that a lot of blacks are just expecting things to come to them ; they 're sort of free living , it 's our nature to sit down and enjoy life . |
| 19 | Few people ever expected Sally-Anne to do as she was told . |
| 20 | The voters , in other words , had not moved solidly to the right , their position was one of ambivalence ; they had become deeply sceptical about the role of government and yet they still expected government to aid them as they tried to meet the pressing problems of modern life . |
| 21 | ‘ But you still expected Sir Thomas to win ? |
| 22 | Only Prof Congdon thinks the Chancellor should raise taxes next month to balance a loose monetary policy , and the other six advise against a rise , though all agree the Chancellor needs to explain his strategy clearly and three more expect tax increases in 1994 . |
| 23 | I still expect Italy to win this group . |
| 24 | Most forecasters still expect GNP growth of 3–3.5% this year , down from an estimated 4.6% in 1990 . |
| 25 | While teachers would presumably like a class of thirty hermaphroditic paragons , they nonetheless expect pupils to ‘ deviate ’ from this — and on sex-differentiated lines . |
| 26 | You can hardly expect lightning to strike twice in the same family . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Well , you 'd hardly expect Jim Lancaster to ring me up and confess , would you ? ’ |
| 28 | The limitations of this role are considerable , and such people can hardly expect others to be receptive , forthcoming and responsive towards them . |
| 29 | He said : ‘ Having become heartily sick of my private life myself , I could hardly expect others to take a more charitable view . ’ |
| 30 | We can therefore hardly expect change from individual departments : they lack an appreciation of the curriculum as a whole and are inherently inclined to defend their own interests . |