Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [adv] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Those were his words , ’ said Nancy , looking round uneasily , as if she still expected to see Sikes . |
| 2 | My fears were shared by youthful friends and even adult relatives at times seemed to ‘ chivvy ’ us along as if they too expected the ghost train to rush by . |
| 3 | But they were separated from al-Dhouri and Jassim by a line of soldiers clutching their Kalashnikovs , as if they fully expected the platform to be stormed by the pre-pubescent performers . |
| 4 | It was all she was prepared to say on the subject and he nodded as if he quite expected that . |
| 5 | He had n't contacted her since that early-morning call yesterday , and she wondered if he truly expected her to sit here , simply waiting for him like the princess in the tower . |