Example sentences of "[adv] expect me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I 'd done two prison sentences they obviously expected me to go back again . |
| 2 | You dump it in there and then you suddenly expect me to know where it all is and I do n't . |
| 3 | ‘ All you could think of was yourself , just expecting me to drop my former life for yours . |
| 4 | ‘ You still expect me to believe that your purpose here is n't to steal my Knudsen ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You ca n't possibly expect me to carry on this sort of charade — not for that length of time ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Then you can hardly expect me to take the chance . |
| 7 | ‘ And as for how long you 've known him , you can hardly expect me to tell you that that makes any difference . |
| 8 | So you can hardly expect me to share your rose-tinted spectacles when it comes to marriage . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Then you can hardly expect me to show much appreciation of your view of things , can you ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You do n't honestly expect me to agree to that idea ? ’ |
| 11 | You do n't honestly expect me to agree to a statement like that , do you ? ’ he snapped violently . |
| 12 | Did you honestly expect me to let him go out there and die alone ? |
| 13 | You would n't honestly expect me to let you get away with that sort of behaviour , would you ? ’ |
| 14 | Did you honestly expect me to leave a job half done ? |
| 15 | ‘ Did you honestly expect me to stay home at the barn and carry on as if nothing had happened after you threw all those accusations at me ? |
| 16 | ‘ You did n't honestly expect me to stay , did you ? ’ |
| 17 | You would also expect me to say that . |
| 18 | I knew that she now expected me to live with her for the rest of her days . |
| 19 | ‘ You really expect me to believe that ? |
| 20 | And you really expect me to believe that the return of the cheque was your idea ? |
| 21 | But do you really expect me to remember babies who were born twenty years ago ? ’ |
| 22 | You ca n't really expect me to go fishing about underneath your bed if I do n't even know what I might find under it , now can you ? ’ |
| 23 | Do you really expect me to believe that ? " |
| 24 | Adam briefly described how the triple portrait had been slashed and added , ‘ D' you really expect me to believe that you had nothing to do with it ? |
| 25 | Do you really expect me to believe that you would n't sleep with André as well ? |
| 26 | Do you really expect me to believe that it 's out of respect for my position that you insist on calling me Mr Vass ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Do you really expect me to believe that ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I admire your tenacity in sticking to your story , ’ he intoned , ‘ but even you ca n't really expect me to believe a word of it . |
| 29 | ‘ You ca n't make love to me like that and then expect me to carry on as if nothing 's happened . |
| 30 | It is quite possible , then , that my employer fully expects me to respond to his bantering in a like manner , and considers my failure to do so a form of negligence . |