Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [verb] expect " in BNC.
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1 | If I had ever thought of the possibility of being taken prisoner while I was in England , I should have expected all Germans to be like the officer who had tried to interrogate me at the aerodrome or the two soldiers who had brought me from the aerodrome to Amsterdam . |
2 | ‘ I should have expected it to end just like it began with Stephanie — immediately , ’ said Rob . |
3 | However , I should have expected no more . |
4 | But if I had expected anything , I should have expected something a little more … |
5 | I should have expected more bruising of the neck . " |
6 | ‘ That 's a particularly nasty thing to say , but maybe I should have expected it of you . ’ |
7 | Its been quite a day one way and another , but after the performance at Estoril I suppose I should have expected it . ’ |
8 | There is no question but that it would have involved tough chairmanship and I am convinced that the Minister — whom I should have expected to chair the conference — would have had to hit a few heads together . |
9 | They are not quite what I should have expected from a man like Serafin . |
10 | The epilogue to this evening 's survival devotions was , strange as it may seem , exactly as I should have expected it to turn out , I do not remember when I missed — or at what stage — my flight engineer , but when I returned to camp and was literally wallowing in what the High Master at Command had to say to me . |
11 | A couple of weeks ago , I might have expected the Tories to scrape through to election victory with such a Budget . |
12 | To their eternal credit , they took less persuading than I might have expected . |
13 | ‘ That 's exactly the kind of sneering remark I might have expected from you , ’ she observed in an aggrieved tone . |
14 | ‘ I might have expected you to hang on in there like a limpet , ’ Rourke said with a tight grimace . |
15 | ‘ I might have expected such an answer from you , McAllister ; it fits in with the general picture , ’ said Dr Neil angrily , picking up his cane . |
16 | ‘ I suppose I might have expected you to remind me of that possibility ! ’ |
17 | And when I was lucky enough to enjoy some rare hot weather my feet stayed as cool as I could have expected . |
18 | I suppose it is all I could have expected . ’ |
19 | The turnabout Howard and Mark conjured up was more than I could have expected . |
20 | Events were shaping up faster and worse than I could have expected . |
21 | You did better against those … those twats than I 'd 've expected . |
22 | I mean , a hundred and fifty a week — that 's as much as I 'd 've expected you to get for actually acting . ’ |
23 | ‘ I 'd have expected him to have more sense , ’ said young Jonna tersely . |
24 | The voice was not what I 'd have expected from a girl who 'd been playing house with a mug like Mahoney . |
25 | In your shoes I 'd have expected him to come prepared with a big stick . ’ |
26 | erm it 's a case of whether I , I would 've expected that , that an analysis of that over a significant period of time w would even out , really . |
27 | ‘ After the events in Leipzig and other cities I would have expected more , ’ said another . |
28 | ‘ The demands are what I would have expected , ’ Harriet Shakespeare said steadily . |
29 | It is common for the gearchange to be stiff , but after 3000 miles I would have expected the ‘ newness ’ to have bedded in . |
30 | He was less sympathetic than I would have expected , but I am sure that he will send her home if she is unwell . ’ |