Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of those who voted against the government would not have done so had they expected an election . |
| 2 | Fleet has already said it expects $350m a year of cost savings . |
| 3 | Another example of ‘ all published ’ , though ‘ the first part ’ on the title would normally lead one to expect more . |
| 4 | Her family soon knew what to expect and so the potential for resentment was never allowed to build up . |
| 5 | No longer do we expect the penis to be a magical instrument that stands upright on demand , throbs and pulsates all night with the strength of 10,000 men , and immediately regains its firmness just seconds after ejaculation . |
| 6 | ‘ What exactly did you expect , a siren ? ’ |
| 7 | ’ But we had fun together , George and I. That was all he wanted , all he ever led me to expect . |
| 8 | I was alone , on foot , and hardly knew what to expect . |
| 9 | Not always knowing what to expect makes some of the physical and emotional changes associated with pregnancy harder to deal with — things like feeling more vulnerable , being easily upset , and crying a lot , are easier to take if you know this is a normal , if disturbing , aspect of pregnancy . |
| 10 | In the first investigative session I ever ran I expected pupils to produce a quadratic relationship , or at least a verbal description of one , from a problem involving lines and their intersections . |
| 11 | The 119-page report is the result of a 10-month review led by the Press Council 's chairman , Mr Louis Blom-Cooper , who after meeting the full council yesterday said he expected it to take until next summer to reach final agreement on the recommendations . |
| 12 | One of the enlivening aspects of Alexeev 's temperament is that you rarely know what to expect . |
| 13 | On top of that is the fact that the society and type of education they have received both led them to expect wage employment — probably in an office … . |
| 14 | Siemens also says it expects losses at the semiconductor division to go on , saying that the prospects of it breaking even over the next few years as a result of cost-cutting had been dampened by weak demand . |
| 15 | He also said he expected some of the banned garages and testers to appeal against the rulings , and meanwhile they were allowed to continue MOT testing . |
| 16 | With Hendrix we did n't really know what to expect . |
| 17 | I was really surprised at how down to earth she was , I did n't really know what to expect , but she granted me interviews and I do n't think she has ever granted an interview from prison before . ’ |
| 18 | I did not really know what to expect away from the National Health Service and my mum , and so , armed with a small library of books and the good wishes of a Jamaican midwife at Homerton hospital , I just hoped for the best . |
| 19 | This genial host admits that many English people do n't really know what to expect when they visit the Emerald Isles . |
| 20 | Cos I did n't really know what to expect when he said oh |
| 21 | Cummins now says it expects to return to profit this year despite no foreseeable upturn in its markets . |
| 22 | You never really know what to expect . |
| 23 | I had n't really known what to expect , but it was n't this . |
| 24 | When , customer service section manager at Pepper Hill , was married on March 6 , little did she expect such a ‘ well bread ’ reception . |
| 25 | Not quite knowing what to expect other than that she wanted a new job , Jean turned up for work promptly on a cold , wet , Monday morning but found no one to let her in . |
| 26 | Ian edged into the room as though not quite knowing what to expect . |
| 27 | IBM Corp has now shipped 700,000 copies of OS/2 2.0 since it announced the product on March 31 and claims it has exceeded its initial unit sales projection — ‘ We 're well on track to surpass many industry expectations , ’ it said , but Reuter notes that IBM has previously said its expects to sell ‘ millions ’ of copies of OS/2 this year but has never provided a specific forecast . |
| 28 | Nowhere did I expect to get and nowhere have I duly got . |
| 29 | So what else did I expect ? |
| 30 | All right , it 's true that the marathon souvenir happens to be soreness and stiffness , but what else did you expect ? |