Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] expect [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd expected some token reluctance , a bit of chair-shuffling and so on . |
| 2 | I 'd expected some Chart Show clothes horses purveying diluted Techno , not an androgynous keyboardist , a commanding dancer and the mad hatter MC who 'd just as soon sing the praises of spliff as he 'd stare out the crowd , bug-eyes in effect . |
| 3 | Normally , I would n't care two hoots , but having come home unexpectedly , and with the thought of our marriage dazzling me , I 'm so happy that I keep expecting some obstacle to turn up . |
| 4 | I do expect all of you in our Service teams to drive clean vehicles , to wear the Healthcare uniform , and to discharge your duties in a courteous , friendly manner . |
| 5 | If you read Totem and Taboo , and I , by the way I do expect all of you er to read it , because it is one of the set er books , and one of the things I 'm not gon na do in these lectures on the black books , is to tell you what the book says , and just kind of repeat it in the lecture . |
| 6 | Dragged myself to the doctor who told me I had to expect such things at my age and prescribed vitamin pills . |
| 7 | The riot had started from nothing ; nobody had expected any trouble . |
| 8 | Anger , yes , she 'd expected that . |
| 9 | She had expected that . |
| 10 | She had expected more censure , more blame , but instead Fen seemed to be taking everything upon himself . |
| 11 | Roland had supposed she had expected this , but it became dreadfully obvious that she had not . |
| 12 | Of course , one has to expect such things to occur amongst maids and footmen , and a good butler should always take this into account in his planning ; but such marrying amongst more senior employees can have an extremely disruptive effect on work . |
| 13 | The plaintiff 's case is that despite the difficulty with the landlord 's consent at the time the contracts were signed , it was made clear to them by Mr at this stage that that ought to be a formality and no one anticipated to expect this . |
| 14 | ‘ We do expect these interest rate cuts to be passed on as quickly as possible . |
| 15 | Being right in line with the posts we had expected some sort of obstacle to look round but not a moving one ! |
| 16 | We have to expect more wastage , ca n't keep putting it in and out of the fridge , could poison somebody . |
| 17 | Many workers said they 'd expected another round of closures despite the earlier announcement of a reprieve for some of the collieries . |
| 18 | They had expected some throwing of stones and worse from whatever straggle of peasants ventured down from the hills to the banks , and that they received . |
| 19 | That would be bad news for Wales , although they have expected all along that wonder wing David Campese would be 100 per cent by the time it came to the crunch in Cardiff . |
| 20 | It said he 'd expected this . |
| 21 | He seemed to expect this , and merely abused the audience back , spitting at them , skidding over on to his arse once , and drinking and slouching around the stage as if he were in his living room . |
| 22 | He had expected some final pay-off , a terminal settling of accounts for services rendered . |
| 23 | He had expected some kind of tart from Les Halles and found a respectable Jewish matron in an unbecoming colour . |
| 24 | He had expected some sordid den with a big wardrobe , a lot of shoes and a bed laid for business . |
| 25 | While chairman David Gare said the group performed well throughout the year , he had expected this year 's figures to be better than last . |
| 26 | The tension drifted from Blufton 's eyes , as if he had expected another challenge to his veracity . |
| 27 | Decade-long plans for the museum 's controversial and costly expansion program are on hold , Ross says , until better economic times , but he does expect any enlarged Whitney to remain on its current Madison Avenue site . |
| 28 | Neither of them had expected this . |