Example sentences of "as if [pers pn] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if they expected , some time or other , for the Shakoor Rana affair ( Faisalabad , 1987 ) to be deliberately avenged . |
| 2 | They hesitated as if they expected to be dismissed , and then hurled themselves noisily on Kadan . |
| 3 | The provision of horses was unexpected , but curiously cheering , because it seemed to show that the giants were sending Floy and Snodgrass off in reasonable style , as if they expected them to return . |
| 4 | The people slipping and sliding on the pavements , spattered with slush by the passing traffic , look stoically wretched , as if they expect no better from life . |
| 5 | I 'm told they behave here as if they expect their empire to last forever . |
| 6 | ‘ What the hell have you been up to ? ’ she demanded , glancing down the road as if she expected Herbie Connors to appear on his bike . |
| 7 | Edouard , moved by her words , lifted his hand gently to touch her arm and , to his horror , she flinched as if she expected him to hit her . |
| 8 | The woman looked around the yard as if she expected to see her daughter emerge from one of the doors or from behind a pile of rubbish . |
| 9 | The dog invariably followed him to the door , as if she expected , with each visitor , that her master would be back . |
| 10 | She said nothing , but hungrily returned to the carrion to take what more she could , as if she expected him to take the rest from her . |
| 11 | ‘ Where does your kindness come from ? ’ she asked , and said it almost as if she expected no answer . |
| 12 | Quickly , she put on her coat and hat , looking round fearfully as if she expected at any moment to feel Sikes ' heavy hand on her shoulder . |
| 13 | He would have to be blind not to have noticed that something in Cora-Beth 's manner towards him had changed ; that the looks she sometimes gave him were no longer open and friendly but questioning , as if she expected , or was hoping for , something more . |
| 14 | She had guessed it would look better — more disarming — not to be carrying a bag ; as if she expected to be out only for a short time . |
| 15 | She realised she was gripping the gun with two hands and had trained it on his chest , as if she expected him to leap up at any moment and lunge at her . |
| 16 | No one spoke to her , but she did not look as if she expected anyone to do so . |
| 17 | When the lonely howl of a wolf carried to them through the forest , Isabel jumped , glancing at the door as if she expected to see the beast standing there . |
| 18 | She scraped her chair away from her desk and stared at it as if she expected the spider to jump through the lid . |
| 19 | He looked as if he expected Wexford to hinder him , but Wexford said nothing . |
| 20 | The young paratrooper turned to look at me , his eyes alarmed , as if he expected somehow to see that his buddies had caught him in a moment of vulnerability . |
| 21 | The boy was still looking round him as if he expected someone to come . |
| 22 | His stance was apologetic , almost cringing as if he expected to be dealt a blow . |
| 23 | The man looked around him again , as if he expected that they were being watched . |
| 24 | He was looking at her intently , as if he expected she might do something surprising , like flying up the chimney . |
| 25 | He glanced sideways at Jehan as if he expected a comment . |
| 26 | The doorman watched his visitor as if he expected him to steal the light fittings . |
| 27 | He was swilling his sherry with a will , and tugging at his bushy , nicotine-stained moustache as if he expected it to come off . |
| 28 | He looked around him , as if he expected to see another presence there . |
| 29 | Rafiq was doing a lot of waving into the darkness , as if he expected something to appear — a deputation from the Noise Abatement Society , thought Robert , if they all carried on like this for much longer . |
| 30 | He was looking at Pike as if he expected him to change shape , to flower into some awful creature . |