Example sentences of "expect [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He always expected them to leave : he expected everyone to leave . |
| 2 | Brezhnev expected everyone to take his cut at home and abroad ( as he himself had done ) . |
| 3 | And expected everyone else to do the same . |
| 4 | She expected everyone to live up to her own high moral standards and there was an overwhelming feeling that if you did not , you had somehow failed . ’ |
| 5 | They expected everyone to do something , and then expected to tell them how it could have been done better . |
| 6 | I knew that she now expected me to live with her for the rest of her days . |
| 7 | ‘ You nearly expected me in vain , ’ the Friar said . |
| 8 | ‘ They expected me to be a lawyer too . |
| 9 | You expected me to hate this one , did n't you ? |
| 10 | ‘ I think Stan expected me to grab it with both hands and when I declined , he just sat there and could n't believe it . |
| 11 | I think Stan expected me to grab it with both hands . |
| 12 | I think my father 's authority was irrational because he expected me to have no other interests outside my schoolwork . |
| 13 | What I discovered at this point , was that they , my Thai co-workers , also expected me to be the teacher for this newly organised project ! |
| 14 | ‘ They said it would be all right if I had the serial numbers but I do n't think they expected me back , ’ she said . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't think that she expected me to run down the shot ’ said Emmons , referring to her magnificent dash across the baseline to reach an all but winning forehand from Bentley which would have given her not only the first set , but also the psychological ‘ first blood ’ . |
| 16 | They seemed happy about my victory in Germany and most of them expected me to win more races last year . ’ |
| 17 | I was , after all , living with a man who was stealing from me , keeping part of his life secret from me , who expected me to adapt myself to his obsessive timekeeping . |
| 18 | But I did wonder , after a year or more , how it was that he and Mme G expected me to use the public baths rather than offer me the convenience of the bathroom in the pavillon . |
| 19 | Jean-Claude expected me to respect all his fads — especially the fuss and nonsense about the particular brand of coffee-beans he must have , and how he had to grind them himself , give the machine at least one hundred turns , sit comfortably . |
| 20 | ‘ That Francis expected me to buy Sleet from Leon . ’ |
| 21 | They expected me to live on supplementary benefit so I was having to work the street , trying to get my house together . |
| 22 | Because I 'd done two prison sentences they obviously expected me to go back again . |
| 23 | Wesley imparted the information defensively , looking at me under lowered brows as though he expected me to clip his ear at any moment . |
| 24 | He expected me to ask questions but I carefully refrained from showing interest . |
| 25 | If he expected me to break into tears and confess , then he was a good judge of character , but I had Dod to think about and Dod had a missus and kids and anyway was bigger than me and after all was a pretty good drummer . |
| 26 | What is the issue is that you expected me to stay and I did n't . |
| 27 | ‘ You expected me to drop my life and my career for you because that 's what a Majorcan girl would have done . ’ |
| 28 | Mum an , mum and dad expected me to come up last week |
| 29 | The house was full of little flights of steps where he least expected them . |
| 30 | He always expected them to leave : he expected everyone to leave . |