Example sentences of "expect things " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had not expected things to go like this . |
| 2 | And now every time I see an advert , or just anything , I expect things to explode . ’ |
| 3 | Expect things to go wrong a lot of the time . |
| 4 | Well , normally we expect things to go in straight lines . |
| 5 | The they 're never sort of given feeble excuses , we are erm very truthful with them , i in order to make them understand that , you know , there are limitations erm within our jobs as well , cos a lot of people expect things , and erm you may promise them , well other people may promise them , and it 's not delivered then of course it 's sort of them and us , and we , we try to dispel that idea , it 's not them |
| 6 | ‘ I expect things will get stirred up pretty soon now that the Admiral 's back in town , ’ observed Amiss . |
| 7 | You could never expect things to last , after all , could not plan more than a few days ahead . |
| 8 | The Zande do not expect things to work unless they are properly made . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't expect things to be just good when you do them , however . |
| 10 | They do n't expect things to be done perfectly . |
| 11 | ‘ If I 'd got engaged to anybody else , any of these young girls you cite , they 'd expect things from me I 'm not prepared to give — ’ |
| 12 | Doctors , matrons and sisters in hospitals tend to practise an autocratic style ; managers/directors who own their company also tend to expect things to be done their way ; |
| 13 | ‘ We are expecting things to pick up generally , ’ he says . |
| 14 | I know that a lot of blacks are just expecting things to come to them ; they 're sort of free living , it 's our nature to sit down and enjoy life . |
| 15 | Well , I I was fairly new in the company myself so I had n't worked for his father for long before took over the managership or chairmanship or whatever he is , so I I 'm really not too sure about the whole thing but certainly for a quarry manager or quarry director or owner , he did n't really know the slate as well as the workers , and he was expecting things out of his workers and the slate , the product , that were really just not on . |