great expectations
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Gilham said Stanley's father, who was an MP, and his mother - who helped establish the first women's college at Cambridge University - had "great expectations for their first-born".
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
Plenty will venture to Murrayfield with great expectations, and a little more trepidation.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
Pochettino’s arrival, meanwhile, brings with it great expectations, as evidenced by his contract, reported to be worth $12 million over two years, nearly twice the record for a U.S. manager.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2024
The start of a new year should come with great expectations for better days to come, but, instead, 2024 arrives with a weighty sense of dread.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023
I don’t know who was more ambitious—the doomsayers or Violet—but it’s hard to match the superstitious for great expectations.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
