Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] expect the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The young prune wears his tie crooked , and I keep expecting the policeman to lean forward and straighten it .
2 I keep expecting the world to make sense .
3 I kept expecting the teacher to praise her , but instead she suddenly cried out ,
4 You know , I 've allowed you all to speak , and I do expect the courtesy of
5 Taking into account the length for the length of the features and the cons the consultation that take place and the length of time they take , I do not expect to see er Bungay bypass construction for some time yet , but I do expect the County Council to progress on that in such a manner that Bungay will not grind to a halt .
6 I had expected the women to be fairly distant cousins of the Emperors .
7 This peculiar state of affairs mystified me , as I had expected the presence of a local bus IDE host card to make itself felt in a big way .
8 It was no particular shock when I found out ; I had expected the test to be positive .
9 I had expected the room to smell of death , but on account of Mrs Mortimer — or else her apron — the room was dominated by the smell of roasting .
10 I had expected the cock to crow , that day .
11 You keep expecting the spell to be shattered , especially as Michael Kitchen is around looking much like the villains he has played lately , but it remains intact .
12 He then talked about the changes in the power blocs , adding that those like himself who had expected the coherence of Europe to develop strongly had found the reality ‘ disappointing ’ .
13 Er , I make a point of never saying I told you so , but we did expect the upturn to come , because fundamentally stru er , Camco is a strong business .
14 And though , as Lachlan had planned , they had expected the attack in the morning , they were quite happy when their lookouts reported the Macleans ' approach in the early evening .
15 It seemed that he 'd expected the animal 's response to be more intense on the second day , but it actually scored lower on his scale .
16 Zakrewski confirmed that he did expect the legislation to hurt its Polish acquisition , DHI , which currently expects to turn over $15m in the market this year , and added ‘ The result will be that there will be some preferred companies who have been doing assembly that will be supported , and they will grow and make a huge amount of money by reselling imports , not by assembling ; it 's a scandal .
17 The National Union of Mineworkers says it had expected the news but Trevor of the pit deputies ' union NACODS had this message for miners .
18 He had expected the sack at the time , but strangely enough he had had more than his share of work from that day on .
19 He had expected the police to have reappeared .
20 But he does expect the weakness of sterling to have a beneficial effect in the coming year .
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