Example sentences of "[adv] [Wh det] [pron] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's pretty much what he expected , and it makes the timing more urgent . |
| 2 | People forget these things , she thought , they do not bear them in mind , doctors work to routine , finding only what they expect to find , they glimpse these cases in a newspaper and then pass on , they are hide-bound , they do not remember . |
| 3 | ‘ This is only what I expected . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It is only what I expect . ’ |
| 5 | Scarcely what one expected from a man who was deeply in love . |
| 6 | Just what they expected . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's exactly what we expected , Sergeant . |
| 8 | ‘ The overall incidence profile is exactly what we expected to see . |
| 9 | We must let future Labour ministers know exactly what we expect . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm not here to give them anything , I 'm here to tell them exactly what we expect them to do . |
| 11 | Moral of the story : make it clear to your suppliers exactly what you expect your machine to do . |
| 12 | ‘ Exactly what I expected — what I tried to shield you from , ’ he said with very grim satisfaction . |
| 13 | ‘ That 's exactly what I expect ! ’ |
| 14 | Back to floating is hardly what one expects to hear from The Economist , which understands the threat this poses to Europe 's single market . |
| 15 | Or am I simply what they expect me to be ? |
| 16 | Sometimes what we expect to hear is predetermined by cultural influences as well as the ways in which facts have previously been presented to us . |
| 17 | ‘ I went to Hollywood on a promotional tour in the summer of ‘ 88 and it was n't quite what I expected . |
| 18 | In joining London Gay Switchboard , I 'm not sure quite what I expected . |
| 19 | Sons would volunteer and rush off to the village to bring back a ‘ set of couches ’ , proudly waiting for the praise which she would generously give , though they might not be quite what she expected . |
| 20 | It is n't quite what you expected ? ’ |