Example sentences of "as they expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | The characteristic Christian theme was most at variance with pagan assumptions in that bishops asked husbands to be as faithful to their wives as they expected their wives to be to them . |
| 2 | They sobered up at the graveside in anticipation of the encounter of Jennie and Mary but it was not as hostile as they expected . |
| 3 | The reaction of local farmers to this disruption of their normal farming activity was to wait the situation out , as they expected a high price for their lands . |
| 4 | Again , they could have gone into the supermarket , but they thought the police had had a good look at them , so they sprinted through the crowds who took as little notice as they expected , and across the street just after the lights had changed 50 that the traffic beginning to move , hooted . |
| 5 | The meal , one hour later , was as good as they expected . |
| 6 | The food was as bad as they expected . |
| 7 | People thought well what could be in space , they 'd tune the radio telescope and they found , rather intriguingly , there were molecules like water and ammonia and methane , just as they expected . |