Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] to expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On top of that is the fact that the society and type of education they have received both led them to expect wage employment — probably in an office … . |
| 2 | Fielding had told me to expect trouble from Lorne on several counts . |
| 3 | All the preparations , all the propaganda , had led them to expect Herr Hitler to start it with a bang , an airborne cataclysm , probably with fire and with deadly gas . |
| 4 | Not always knowing what to expect makes some of the physical and emotional changes associated with pregnancy harder to deal with — things like feeling more vulnerable , being easily upset , and crying a lot , are easier to take if you know this is a normal , if disturbing , aspect of pregnancy . |
| 5 | Yet there is one passage in chapters 1–3 which might seem to dispel all fear , and might lead us to expect Israel to win a resounding victory . |
| 6 | ‘ Telling him to expect word from this — what 's your name , girl ? ’ |