Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect [pers pn] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the heavy rains of the past days I expected them to be full , and they were , a lot fuller than when I had seen them the year before . |
| 2 | But although he was terse , he did n't rage at me the way I expected him to . |
| 3 | I expected him to be with me , his stentorian ubiety transmogrifying the spacious library into somewhere shabby and small . |
| 4 | I 've been lucky : Scathach has returned only four years older than I expected him to be . ’ |
| 5 | She did n't flinch as I expected her to . |
| 6 | " I want to please you and you 're not a bit as I expected you to be . " |
| 7 | ‘ I expected you to be … more considerate . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , to be honest , by now I expected you to be shrugging your shoulders and turning the car for home . |
| 9 | ‘ I expected it to be hard because , when we tested here last February , I did a full race distance and it was hard work , very painful . ’ |
| 10 | I expected it to be light , cos I thought it was morning on account of all the people all hurrying about . |
| 11 | The Arctic was everything I expected it to be , and much more in the way of high seas than I had bargained for . |
| 12 | In my warm , sleepy contentment I expected it to be Toby , the Toby of before . |
| 13 | I expected it to be preserved and labelled , like the sites around Hadrian 's wall . ’ |
| 14 | was more valuable than I expected it to be ; |
| 15 | So I do n't know about anybody else but that 's cheaper than I expected it to be . |
| 16 | I expected it to be either genetics or haematology , after what you must have seen this morning . ’ |
| 17 | I mean , I write things in a certain way , so I expect them to be played in a certain way . |
| 18 | ‘ I have a part interest , about to become sole if negotiations continue as I expect them to , in a tiny Portuguese-language radio station in Macau . |
| 19 | It 's a promise I expect him to equal . |
| 20 | , I said , she said but I expect him to . |
| 21 | If I expect her to be startled , I am disappointed . |
| 22 | I have a contract which I honour and I expect it to be honoured . |
| 23 | The GATT round is regularly discussed at the Agriculture Council and I expect it to be considered again at the Council on 30 and 31 March . |
| 24 | This year it 's on profit , on budget at the half-way stage and I expect it to be on budget by the end of the year . |
| 25 | Er , it 's like , it 's like the foreman on the shopfloor for some reason , there 's a er , in the systems or whatever , er , the warehouseman er , the night porter er , when he takes over , he knows what he 's doing , he knows what I want , because I 've spoken to him about it , erm , he knows what items I want to leave for stock people , erm , and Sue , the checkout manager , she 'll know if I want extra people on the shopfloor because we 're quiet , or I expect it to be quiet , erm , she knows where they 've got to be , and I 'll come back and review it with her . |
| 26 | In all things I expect you to be a lady . |
| 27 | ‘ I expect you to be gone by the time I get back . ’ |
| 28 | I expect you to be . ’ |
| 29 | And by the time I get back to the house I expect you to be gone . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I expect you to be sober , if you 're driving . ’ |