Example sentences of "expect this " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did you expect this to happen ? ’ she said , as Lucy took small hard bites . |
| 2 | I did n't expect this sort of driving from a three-times world champion . ’ |
| 3 | Without bitterness , but with five years ' experience , Lord Wilson said yesterday : ‘ No Governor should expect this job to be a bed of roses or to get plaudits or easy popularity . |
| 4 | One would expect this to occur most readily when the anode and cathode spacing was small . |
| 5 | We might expect this to be lower than the effect of being in the service class . |
| 6 | Make a special note of anything that is unexpected such as a sore throat that is better for swallowing solid food — normally one would expect this to make it worse . |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't expect this . |
| 8 | Naturally you should not expect this to be a full consultation , but it should give you time to see how you relate to the particular therapist concerned and how much confidence you feel in him . |
| 9 | ‘ The reason I have called you both here is to remind you that you are now second-year witches , and I do not expect this ridiculous feud between you two girls to continue . |
| 10 | Arguably the most majestic covering was black Utrecht velvet ( Col. 15 ) ; Nelson 's 1806 coffin , furnished by Messrs France of London , with its gilt bronze fittings on padded velvet , was particularly sumptuous ( Col. 16 ) , but one would expect this of the crown undertaker 's work . |
| 11 | The attitude that ‘ you must expect this at your age ’ is something that is heard all too often . |
| 12 | ‘ I did n't expect this extra bit of spare time . ’ |
| 13 | Of course , you get what you pay for , and no-one in his right mind would expect this garment to wear or wash as long , or as well as , a fleece jacket of double the price . |
| 14 | I would not normally expect this from a Severum — but then I have never heard of a Severum eating Halfbeaks . |
| 15 | We do n't expect this sort of thing to happen to us . ’ |
| 16 | Nobody should expect this sleeping dog to lie . |
| 17 | Do n't expect this router to produce complex edge patterns using one large cutter : more decorative edges can be formed if the user is patient and makes several simpler profiles which can be fixed together . |
| 18 | One would expect this to occur in natural acquisition situations , such that adults ' and children 's interaction with others can be compared . |
| 19 | One might expect this because convergent evolution would lead to similar mechanisms to carry out similar functions . |
| 20 | Even if labour moves between firms , they carry with them more skill and experience than a new recruit and may therefore expect this to be rewarded . |
| 21 | Are in receipt of a minimum annual income of £10,000 including guaranteed bonuses etc. , and can expect this to rise significantly as your career develops . |
| 22 | If Protestantism was more Conducive than Catholicism to the expansion of science , one would expect this to manifest itself in a greater receptivity toward new and controversial ideas . |
| 23 | Ministers of state , great noblemen , and royal favourites could expect this as a matter of course . |
| 24 | One might expect this to include advisory visits , aid with the development of study skills and so on , and to some extent this does happen . |
| 25 | Now all retinal ganglion cells have , somewhere within the visual field , a region called the receptive field where light causes a change in the number of impulses , and as you would expect this region is situated within the field of view of the eye at the position where a light spot illuminates the retina underlying the ganglion cell . |
| 26 | One would expect this large amount of positive feed-back to lead to instability : as soon as the input is strong enough to excite one or two neurons , one would expect these to feed back on to others and initiate an explosive chain reaction . |
| 27 | ‘ I did not expect this from you , Louisa . |
| 28 | I did n't expect this of you . |
| 29 | They did n't expect this old transporter carrier to be fitted with cellular disrupters . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I did n't expect this treatment from my father 's oldest friend , ’ said Monks angrily , sitting down with a frown on his face . |