Example sentences of "but [pron] [adv] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | It said ‘ Junk Shop ’ outside but I hardly expected the sign to be this literal . |
| 2 | There was n't much else she could do without attracting attention , but I definitely expected a bit of the old argy-bargy before she let me get down to business . |
| 3 | I have worked loyally , shown you respect , but I too expect to be treated with respect . |
| 4 | But I never expected the reaction it got coming from me . |
| 5 | ‘ But I never expected to end up on TV . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I thought the horses I was riding had each way chances but I never expected four winners . |
| 7 | ‘ I knew I had landed my 100th winner , ’ Charlie told me ‘ but I never expected the sort of reaction I received from the crowd . |
| 8 | The exercise of skills in the workforce as a mature returner has been a rewarding experience in so many ways but I never expected it to test my personal standards or challenge my courage to stand up against what I believe is wrong . |
| 9 | I 'd never had other children of my own and somehow she seemed very precious just then , but I never expected to see her . |
| 10 | ‘ But you still expected Sir Thomas to win ? |
| 11 | ‘ The field has been open to females only during the past year but we soon expect at least 10 per cent of dog-training course applicants will be female . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But we also expect to benefit from longer term opportunities in other potential markets . |
| 13 | GMB union official Mary Kenny said today ‘ Management have been talking about measures like pay cuts but we never expected anything like this . |
| 14 | We made amendments to our procedures on the advice of the support group , but we still expected negative comments . |
| 15 | We would usually expect a book such as Suckers to sell around 1,500 copies , but we now expect it so sell substantially more than that . ’ |
| 16 | They still want value for their money — but they also expect quality and style . |
| 17 | They imagine that they have believed in God because faith is rational — which it is — but they then expect every aspect of faith to be equally open to rational investigation — which it is n't . |
| 18 | We were well on top by then , but he still expected something to go wrong — he bet his Rolls that we 'd lose the title . |
| 19 | But he still expects to join Hollywood star Paul Newman 's Indy Car team . |