Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] expect [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Well , I never expected sampling to be part of it all . |
2 | ‘ I never expected travelling on foot to be so arduous , ’ she said . |
3 | I half expected five-year-olds to be making funny remarks about them behind my back . |
4 | No one seriously expects revolution in East Germany from below . |
5 | While teachers would presumably like a class of thirty hermaphroditic paragons , they nonetheless expect pupils to ‘ deviate ’ from this — and on sex-differentiated lines . |
6 | He also expected support from Russia , but the tsar was too preoccupied with the affairs of Europe , where Napoleon was at the height of his powers , and Adam Czartoryski , the Russian foreign minister , advised negotiations with the Turks , rather than war . |
7 | It now expects profits of £225m against earlier hopes of £243m . |