Example sentences of "[verb] what [pron] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't know what they expect . |
| 2 | Let others know what you expect from them , and standards for assessment . |
| 3 | I did n't know what I expected ( chanting and rune casting , perhaps ) , but I was n't prepared for the tingling sensation affecting the areas of my body immediately underneath her small hands . |
| 4 | " I do n't know what I expected , " said Hazel . |
| 5 | When I told her this afternoon that I was gon na be away till maybe tomorrow morning I do n't know what I expected . |
| 6 | I do n't know what I expected to see , but as always when you have a tooth out or get kicked half to death the change in appearance is nowhere like commensurate with the pain . |
| 7 | She did not know what she expected , but only Anna and Stephan were there . |
| 8 | She did n't know what she expected to see — a car screeching to a halt on the edge of the runway , or something equally dramatic . |
| 9 | But more frequently it arose that , in the absence of a policewoman , the female field-worker was relied upon for comfort by female members of the public , engaging her in eye contact to find what they expected would be a special ‘ feminine ’ understanding and reassurance . |
| 10 | argue for a preparation stage for all reading comprehension in which students should both predict what they expect to find in the discourse from |
| 11 | I rushed with him into the buildings and found what I expected and dreaded ; a small calf kicking at its stomach , getting up and down , occasionally rolling on its straw bed . |
| 12 | He opened and shut the drawers and the flap and found what he expected . |
| 13 | In school , teachers show what they expect of children in terms of work and behaviour , they provide models for children by their own conduct and they feed back to children what they judge to be acceptable performance . |
| 14 | Depends what she expected out of it . ’ |
| 15 | Having come to the village with certain expectations they may only see what they expect to find and , since the local working population has long been used to avoiding overt conflict in the face of those who have the capacity to create trouble for them , the superficial calm of village life may remain . |
| 16 | The psychological contract is a contract of expectations between ‘ them ’ and ‘ me ’ — it links what I expect from them and what they expect from me . |
| 17 | One thing that doing the talk show has taught me is that people hear what they expect to hear . |
| 18 | We get what we expect from life , according to our desires , thoughts , beliefs , attitudes , choices and decisions . |
| 19 | In my experience , I find that you get what you expect in life , and if you trusted people more , you would probably get more trustworthy staff . ’ |
| 20 | First we would sit down and plan out our day ; second , we 'd decide what we expected to get out of each day , in terms of knowledge and experience ; third , we 'd go to work , and , finally , we 'd meet back at the house in the late afternoon . |
| 21 | Before reading further , think about the last few chapters and decide what you expect their empirical studies have found . |
| 22 | Mostly , they saw what they expected — and because the trash with whom Charlie had his dealings were rarely the deepest or most sober of men , their expectations tended to be predictable and few . |
| 23 | There seems no likelihood of a settlement without the full apology Branson has always demanded and on January 11 he will be in court to savour what he expects to be the greatest victory against his rival . |
| 24 | We stand to derive immense benefits from such releases of genetically engineered organisms into the environment — providing they do what we expect them to . |
| 25 | I wonder what you expect to find when you get there ? |
| 26 | Casual observers tend to see what they expect to see , and naked-eye observations of the full Moon are a case in point . |
| 27 | The ward sister can explain what she expects the nurse to learn during the allocation , and can set objectives . |
| 28 | McLeish decided that since she was unaware of her audience it did not become him to be selfconscious , and asked what she expected even a Senator to achieve in these circumstances ? |
| 29 | The first reference merely says that ‘ It 's all about man before birth , during life and at death — very deep and it never does what you expect it to ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ First , we always see what we expect to see . |