Example sentences of "[pron] to expect [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her party 's platform is imbued with religious themes and ethnic Hungarians — different from the majority of the Romanians in religion , language and traditions — have nothing to expect from this religious revival . |
| 2 | As experienced dog owners we thought we knew what to expect at first — a little mess , some chewing , a bit of a handful . |
| 3 | Our experience of particular communicative situations teaches us what to expect of that situation , both in a general predictive sense ( e.g. the sort of attitudes which are likely to be expressed , the sort of topics which are likely to be raised ) which gives rise to notions of ‘ appropriacy ’ , and in a limited predictive sense which enables us to interpret linguistic tokens ( e.g. deictic forms like here and now ) in the way we have interpreted them before in similar contexts . |
| 4 | They give details of what to expect of various opportunities open to you , and how to obtain further information on professional qualifications , future prospects , etc . |
| 5 | Cezar , Bailey 's Brazilian butler , later recalled that he never knew what to expect in those days . |
| 6 | Canan and her boss know exactly what to expect from each other : ‘ It 's far easier for me to work for another Turk because I can talk about pay rates and things like that more openly . |
| 7 | And it tells the conductor what to expect from each and when . |
| 8 | She had not known what to expect from this side of marriage since there was no literature available to her on the subject and her mother had told her nothing . |