Example sentences of "[vb infin] expected from " in BNC.
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1 | He failed , however , to get the rapturous reception he may have expected from his chief apologist on the international scene . |
2 | 6d. , less than she could have expected from a modern royalty . |
3 | This volume provides an admirably full and even coverage of 13 years of these and many other projects , but it scarcely attempts the more critical profile one might have expected from Rizzoli . |
4 | Capital costs have varied greatly , but in no case have reached the sort of level that one would have expected from shared space schemes , where costs are raised by the needs for complete resurfacing . |
5 | It was as if the fight with Herman had had the effect she would have expected from eight hours on a contoured mattress and a course of Doc Threadneedle 's pick-me-up shots . |
6 | When I finally took off the overtrousers , the fleece trousers I was wearing underneath were completely dry , which is what I would have expected from their three-layer Gore-Tex construction . |
7 | An overhit forehand from Sampras who , despite offering a far more solid challenge against Forget than he had done against Leconte , was still not as consistent enough with his groundstrokes as one would have expected from someone who had become ATP Tour champion two weeks earlier , made it 15–0 . |
8 | Political correspondence often includes some pretty broad hints of the kind of recompense which local revenue officers may have expected from their offices . |
9 | And it was the last sort of confession I 'd ever have expected from Oliver . |
10 | The voice was not what I 'd have expected from a girl who 'd been playing house with a mug like Mahoney . |
11 | It was not the sort of gag one would have expected from Lord King , and it set a certain tone … |
12 | ‘ That 's exactly the kind of sneering remark I might have expected from you , ’ she observed in an aggrieved tone . |
13 | Emily was altogether more cheerful than I would have expected from her circumstances . |
14 | Erm , as I 've said before , I have reservations about whether a much increased figure about above the County Council 's er proposal could be accommodated within Ryedale District Council , and I if the figure above that is proposed I would suggest that the extra is accommodated within the new settlement , which I presume the ar argue answer you would have expected from Ryedale , erm Barton Willmore 's figure is based on an assumption that they believe that within Ryedale there is a capacity to increase past building rates , I would refute that , erm the building rates in Southern Ryedale I would suggest were abnormally high , because of the development of Clifton Moor airfield , the North Western part of the Southern Ryedale district , sorry South Western part . |
15 | They are not quite what I should have expected from a man like Serafin . |
16 | This was so unexpected … the very last thing she 'd have expected from Guy Sterne … |