Example sentences of "tell [pron] [pron] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | he never told me what to expect , an I I feel like suing him . |
| 2 | ‘ Clinger told me before he left that his lordship had had him in the second Sunday he was there and told him he expected him to switch on the electric fire in the private chapel ten minutes before matins . |
| 3 | It was not the moment she would have chosen , but the determined glint in Silas 's eye told her he expected to hear the truth . |
| 4 | We carried out extensive market research before introducing HomeShield 50 , an up-to-date policy with all the cover that research told us you expect . |
| 5 | If he gets back , tell him I expect his attendance at the ball . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Mrs Wimbush tells me you expected to find Thorn House still a maternity home . |
| 7 | He wants to come in , but a glance up to the bridge tells me he expects a vast crowd to appear out of nowhere , the minute he strips naked . |
| 8 | You can tell me what to expect . |
| 9 | The second , however , tells you what to expect from the 2 procedures . |
| 10 | He got to his feet and walked on tip-toe to the kitchen door , where he pressed his face close to the crack , listening for any sound that might tell him what to expect . |
| 11 | , I 'm only telling you what to expect you know , when you go on holiday |
| 12 | So she 'd be telling everybody I expect . |
| 13 | In doing this , he takes us over the ground first , telling us what to expect , what to look for , so that when the hurricane does hit it hits us harder : |