Example sentences of "what [pron] expect " in BNC.

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31 Seventy-nine is not what I expect to see . ’
32 That 's what I expect . ’
33 It 's what I expect for you to be able to work , really hard , get your homework done , work hard in your exams , I expect you to go to college .
34 ‘ That 's exactly what I expect ! ’
35 McLeish decided that since she was unaware of her audience it did not become him to be selfconscious , and asked what she expected even a Senator to achieve in these circumstances ?
36 That was what she expected of him .
37 That was what she expected .
38 The realities of parenthood for her were , as for most people , different from what she expected .
39 It had come her way because , leaving them in charge of Mrs Gracie , Dinah had gone for diversion to what she expected to be a dull sewing-meeting in the Islington church where she and Paul had been married .
40 Sons would volunteer and rush off to the village to bring back a ‘ set of couches ’ , proudly waiting for the praise which she would generously give , though they might not be quite what she expected .
41 He was n't sure what she expected him to do .
42 Does that mean it was what she expected ?
43 She could not see why her mother wanted her , nor what she expected her to do in Northam , and whenever she mentioned the subject to others they exclaimed in horror , commiserating with her , telling her that she must be firm , never for half a moment assuming that she could or would really do it .
44 I told her what she expected to hear — that I had not done anything much .
45 She did not know what she expected , but only Anna and Stephan were there .
46 But the scene which awaited her was not at all what she expected .
47 The questions were what she expected .
48 Whatever it was , it was n't what she expected from a man .
49 Depends what she expected out of it . ’
50 Sally-Anne was not at all what she expected , and she was almost sorry for her .
51 But it 's a shock , you see , after expecting you home all that time you was in hospital — it 's not what she expected , that you would be off somewhere else .
52 She did n't know what she expected to see — a car screeching to a halt on the edge of the runway , or something equally dramatic .
53 Fabia was not sure what she expected after that .
54 I could n't imagine what she expected to tell them if they all came back on the same day .
55 The ward sister can explain what she expects the nurse to learn during the allocation , and can set objectives .
56 What she expects and what she gets could be two different things that are miles apart . ’
57 was but , what you expecting that , obviously is n't called for a lot of night life , otherwise it would be there , there 's been discotheque , they 've been all sorts of things , but they 've closed down because they have n't made enough money
58 Am I what you expected ?
59 What you expected ? ’
60 But if your exam results were n't what you expected , or if you are not sure what to do next , here is some useful information and advice .
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