Example sentences of "i [verb] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd expected some token reluctance , a bit of chair-shuffling and so on . |
| 2 | I 'd expected some Chart Show clothes horses purveying diluted Techno , not an androgynous keyboardist , a commanding dancer and the mad hatter MC who 'd just as soon sing the praises of spliff as he 'd stare out the crowd , bug-eyes in effect . |
| 3 | I arrived expecting high rise hotels and crowded shores , instead I was treated to pretty villages built in honey coloured stone and fields of poppies . |
| 4 | Normally , I would n't care two hoots , but having come home unexpectedly , and with the thought of our marriage dazzling me , I 'm so happy that I keep expecting some obstacle to turn up . |
| 5 | I do expect all of you in our Service teams to drive clean vehicles , to wear the Healthcare uniform , and to discharge your duties in a courteous , friendly manner . |
| 6 | If you read Totem and Taboo , and I , by the way I do expect all of you er to read it , because it is one of the set er books , and one of the things I 'm not gon na do in these lectures on the black books , is to tell you what the book says , and just kind of repeat it in the lecture . |
| 7 | Dragged myself to the doctor who told me I had to expect such things at my age and prescribed vitamin pills . |
| 8 | Although I have expected similar signs , our commissionings have on the whole been quiet affairs , at least until 1990 . |