Example sentences of "you expect [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is a woman indeed ! — in mind , I mean , & heart-for her person is such , that if you expected to see a pretty woman , you would think her ordinary — if you expected to find an ordinary woman , you would think her pretty ! — But her manners are simple , ardent , impressive … |
| 2 | Yes , thought Berdichev ; but I 'm the last person you expected to see up here today . |
| 3 | I used to talk to her and when I found out she was murdered it was a shock , because you expected to see her in here |
| 4 | Anyway it was the type of house you looked into it and you expected to see cobwebs you know , sort of fustiness sor |
| 5 | After you 'd had this erm punishment ere you expected to go back to your lessons straight away , how long did it hurt , did your hands |
| 6 | ‘ You mean to tell me , ’ Mrs Wilson interrupted , ‘ that you went round every secretarial agency in London asking about someone they might have employed fourteen years before , someone who most likely had changed her name , and you expected to succeed ? ’ |
| 7 | She is a woman indeed ! — in mind , I mean , & heart-for her person is such , that if you expected to see a pretty woman , you would think her ordinary — if you expected to find an ordinary woman , you would think her pretty ! — But her manners are simple , ardent , impressive … |
| 8 | Was there anything else that you expected to find amongst your mother 's papers that you did not ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Mrs Wimbush tells me you expected to find Thorn House still a maternity home . |
| 10 | Failure to do so will mean that your efforts in negotiating long-term security of tenure might be in vain , as you could eventually find the shareholders deciding to bring your contract to a premature end and discover that you are unable to claim compensation for the full period during which you expected to work . |
| 11 | Here the last thing you expect to see is one of the most exquisite small houses in the land ; yet here , glimpsed down a short straight avenue of completely inappropriate young cherry trees , is Lodge Park . |
| 12 | ‘ Have you finished ? ’ they ask as you lie gasping , and when they switch on the light you expect to see a sign over the bed , NOW WASH YOUR HANDS . |
| 13 | They also flicker in places ; not something you expect to see in games these days . |
| 14 | But strained through they may be , the last place you expect to see a dust-up between the two protagonists is in Portugal — unless of course you happen to be a historian with a penchant for the Peninsular Wars . |
| 15 | When the operation is over and after nine weeks the plaster comes off , you expect to see a wasted thin limb . |
| 16 | Get there early — at least one hour before you expect to see the badgers — and do n't walk over the sett or across the entrances . |
| 17 | The most important aspect of scanning is that you must have a clear picture of what you expect to see on each instrument . |
| 18 | What kind of people what you expect to see on the local council in Nottingham ? |
| 19 | Yeah , ah films I mean you expect to go back , but this is , what on earth was that ? |
| 20 | He said : ‘ When you score three goals away from home you expect to take three points . |
| 21 | For any long distance sailing you should inform someone where you are going and when you expect to return . |
| 22 | Begin by deciding how many hours sleep you expect to need throughout the week . |
| 23 | If you have a lot of different dates to enter , either use a keystroke macro — something that I will cover in a future Step-by-Step ( but see ‘ Further Reading ’ ) or just enter the same date , say @DATEVALUE ( ’ 1-Jan-90 ’ ) in the first cell , copy it down the column for as many rows as you expect to need and then edit it ( using F2 ) to enter the real dates . |
| 24 | It changes the normal behaviour pattern of a ball so that the one you expect to move away actually comes racing in at you at 90mph . |
| 25 | He says it 's a great shock to everybody and not something you expect to affect such a young chap . |
| 26 | Selling forward means selling the foreign currency today for delivery at the time you expect to receive it from your customer . |
| 27 | If you expect to receive information from several sources for a particular topic , the space allocated to that topic must be large , so that later notes can be added . |
| 28 | If you expect to pass , why not go for a merit ? or for a distinction ? or one of our prestigious prizes ? |
| 29 | Naturally you expect to find the highest quality construction in the world in a Mercedes , but the 500SL we tested had numerous faults that we thought ‘ undermined Mercedes ' quality image and appearance ’ . |
| 30 | But we are talking the world 's favourite guitar tones , and they are present on this guitar just where you expect to find them . |