Example sentences of "[pron] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did I expect it to be like this ? |
| 2 | Should I expect any building and development work in my resort ? |
| 3 | What can I expect my hotel room to be like ? |
| 4 | What MPG range can I expect from the standard Land Rover V8 ? |
| 5 | And his head was spinning from walking so far ; he walked everywhere , and though he stopped to eat every day when he was on one of these journeys of his he did not I expect eat especially properly . |
| 6 | Nor do I expect an angler to recognise every bite he feels the first time he tries touch legering . |
| 7 | Ask what do I expect the nurses to do at the end of the workshop . |
| 8 | Burdened by the fear that some ‘ performance ’ , of which they feel incapable , is expected , and therefore that their ‘ manliness ’ is threatened , they may get so miserable and anxious that they realise their worst fears , by becoming unable to have an erection and then hiding behind the idea that ‘ I 'm an old man now , so what can I expect ? ’ |
| 9 | Nor do I expect you to believe me because my bearing is sincere and my words plausible . |
| 10 | Which pickup is best suited to this guitar ( one that fits under the bridge saddle ) and what standard of sound can I expect ? |
| 11 | So what did I expect ? |
| 12 | The traffic going to Mr McGiffert 's shopping complex did not wreak havoc on the Ringdufferin Road , nor would I expect the traffic going to the golf course to do so . |
| 13 | ‘ Neither , ’ said Miss Hardbroom , ‘ do I expect you to contravene the Witches Code , rule number seven , paragraph two , by changing your fellows into any sort of animal for what ever reason . |
| 14 | Anyway , why should n't I expect high standards from them ? |
| 15 | How could I expect my friends to understand that training a bird was virtually a twenty-four-hour-a-day job ? |
| 16 | If I do n't help myself , how can I expect anyone else to want to help ? ’ |
| 17 | What the hell did I expect , an ogre with two heads ? |
| 18 | What sort of reaction can I expect ? |
| 19 | What did I expect ? |
| 20 | I 'd not expected to convince the police at the top of the falls that I was a very sane person , nor did I expect them to believe Paul 's emergency story that we were a group of passing Hippies taking our kayaks for a walk . |
| 21 | But what can I expect ? |
| 22 | Shall I expect you at three ? |
| 23 | ‘ What can I expect ? |
| 24 | But what do I expect ? |
| 25 | So what else did I expect ? |
| 26 | ‘ Well , I must say I did n't expect the red carpet , but neither did I expect you all to look at me as though I were the devil incarnate ! |
| 27 | ‘ Why should I expect anything else ? |
| 28 | Why the hell should I expect anything else ? |
| 29 | Did I expect anything better of the Chancellor ? |
| 30 | But why should I expect her to change just because I have ? ’ |