Example sentences of "[pron] expects a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Party loyalty is by no means an irrelevant factor in explaining and predicting the behaviour of congressmen , but on any issue that they perceive to be contentious within their districts nobody expects a member of Congress to put party before district . |
| 2 | But in Japan only one senior figure is to stand trial ; nobody expects a referendum . |
| 3 | Nobody expects a paragon of virtue but the nurse is meant to be realistic , is meant to have self-knowledge because the ‘ self ’ must be used in the relationship . |
| 4 | Offer her one hundred , Mr Palmer , and do n't bother me again if she expects a penny more . ’ |
| 5 | One expects a child who mastered four notes in his first week to master four more in the second ; a child who has achieved doggy-paddle with both feet off the bottom to progress logically to breaststroke . |
| 6 | No one expects a practitioner to have time for much theoretical musing or for large empirical studies . |
| 7 | He expects a ruling from Ian Lang , Secretary of State for Scotland , on the proposals by the end of this month . |
| 8 | Very likely he expects a bambina — even Constanza found they did n't speak the same language any more . |
| 9 | He expects a place in a Labour cabinet : Chief Whip for a short time , perhaps , then a portfolio of his own ‘ something where I could really help the North . ’ |
| 10 | Their routine is quite demanding and in some ways it expects a level of determination on the part of the rehabilitee that would probably be high enough to get him back to work without a course of formal rehabilitation . |
| 11 | The 18-person PS'Soft unit sells only in France at present , but it expects a UK outlet to be established shortly . |
| 12 | It expects a deficit of $30 billion ( £18 billion ) this year , against the Treasury 's £14.5 billion . |
| 13 | And having long been supported by the institution he will be crucially aware that it expects a degree of loyalty verging on deference or acquiescence . |
| 14 | Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd warns that it will likely make an unconsolidated or parent company current loss of $335m for the year to March 31 ; it had previously seen a loss of $215m and reported an $11m profit last year ; it expects a group current loss of $344m for the year . |
| 15 | It expects a loss for the first quarter and the loss will be substantially larger than analyst estimates — the average forecast has been for a loss of two cents a share on turnover of $565m — a figure the company says is way too high . |