Example sentences of "i expect [to-vb] [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 to see Dr Mortimer , as I knew nobody else in the village . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Nor had I expected to see people living in this city of the dead . |
| 8 | Not only am I expected to love Belle Maman , she thought , but now I must love IT as well . |