Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MORE tea , vicar ? is not the sort of thing I expected to ask minutes after arriving in a Swiss ski resort . |
| 2 | ‘ I expected telling questions about Shaun leaving , although in a way , without sounding insulting to Shaun , he was one of the more faceless members of the band . |
| 3 | I expected to see Dr Mortimer , as I knew nobody else in the village . |
| 4 | I expected to find interdependence , but no uniformity , in the Greek approach to the various nations and in the response of these nations ( when recognizable from our evidence ) to the Greek approach . |
| 5 | Then I commenced a tremulous search through its pages , almost as if I expected to find details of a timeslip between Geneva and where I now was . |
| 6 | I knew that Hannah had experienced problems with rodents so I expected to find rat runs and nests underneath the flags , but only mice had been there . |
| 7 | On top of that , the presence of these two will allow the full-backs more freedom and I expect to see Stuart Pearce getting forward in his old style . |
| 8 | Nor had I expected to see people living in this city of the dead . |
| 9 | Not only am I expected to love Belle Maman , she thought , but now I must love IT as well . |
| 10 | She expected to see signs of fury in his eyes at that stab but she saw nothing to indicate any such irritation . |
| 11 | He had taken it , now , that she was not going ; she expected to see resentment blossom , but he did not resent it . |
| 12 | Looking down she expected to see blood , awfulness , something dead . |
| 13 | Julia opened her eyes again and saw Comfort looking around her as though she expected to see men in white coats with a stretcher appearing through the walls . |
| 14 | Even Prince Charles , whom she expected to make inquiries , did not . |
| 15 | She expected to find Lori 's head swimming into focus , close to her own , like a pale balloon and looked away in order to avoid that confrontation . |
| 16 | She expected to find Kathleen prostrated by the tragedy in her family , but although she spoke sadly of Cormac 's wasted life and her mother 's collapse , Kathleen seemed remarkably untouched by the tragedy . |
| 17 | Anyway it was the type of house you looked into it and you expected to see cobwebs you know , sort of fustiness sor |
| 18 | ‘ Mrs Wimbush tells me you expected to find Thorn House still a maternity home . |
| 19 | If you expect to receive information from several sources for a particular topic , the space allocated to that topic must be large , so that later notes can be added . |
| 20 | Note down all your appointments and any follow-up dates when you expect to hear results or ought to telephone for information . |
| 21 | If you intend to night-fish , which is usual in order to fish evening and early morning as well as the night itself , then you should aim to introduce your bait in the evening at least two hours before you expect to catch fish . |
| 22 | I have noticed that this frustrating experience usually occurs in promising conditions when you expect to catch fish , and when these bites begin they last for unusually long periods and happen very frequently . |
| 23 | Like a bottle you expect to have whisky in and it turns out to be full of a specimen for the doctor . ’ |
| 24 | Ours is not the kind of house where you expect to steal jewellery and furs . |
| 25 | ‘ How do you expect to unite humanity when you ca n't keep your own family united ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Well , if you were a human , would you expect to see nomes on a plane ? ’ said Angalo . |
| 27 | ‘ Why did you expect to find Rose here ? ’ |
| 28 | She expects to find Minna and Becky sitting in a huff in the coffee lounge , keeping as great a distance as they can manage from their ridiculously costumed sisters and brother-in-law . |
| 29 | Just when we expected to see Cordoba produce an extra gear as Walter Swinburn got to work with the whip , the son of El Gran Senor capitulated and it was Balla Cove who produced extra reserves to hold the late thrust of Rock City . |
| 30 | It was the day before we expected to see Treasure Island . |