Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] expect a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he came over to me I fully expected a slap on my kisser , I being the known ring-leader . |
| 2 | There was n't much else she could do without attracting attention , but I definitely expected a bit of the old argy-bargy before she let me get down to business . |
| 3 | After a while he returned , came over to me and , though I half expected a smack , said , ‘ Maintenant , il y a un nouvel relation entre nous . |
| 4 | How could she possibly expect a girl of Cissie 's years to understand how a woman could love so deeply that there seemed no shame in it at all ? |
| 5 | Mrs Burke 's daughter , Mrs Doreen Leverton , 63 , said : ‘ You always expect a parent to die sometime but not in this way . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , one naturally expects a cattery to be more austere , ’ said Mark . |
| 7 | We usually expect a marriage to last — yet things can change ! |
| 8 | We then expect a Pre-Inquiry meeting will be held by the Secretary of State sometime in September and that a Local Public Inquiry will take place either before or just after Christmas . |
| 9 | One almost expects a mangle , or a posset stick . ’ |
| 10 | He clearly expected a reply in the negative . |