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

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No	Sentence
1	‘ Well , to be honest , by now I expected you to be shrugging your shoulders and turning the car for home .
2	‘ Now I expect God to change the whole country .
3	‘ Now I expect you 're wondering what this is all about .
4	He 's dead by now I expect .
5	I 've just sat through the most incredible proposition , and now you expect me to believe — ’
6	But then it happened , the incredible , miraculous luck that now she expected , since it happened so easily and often : the telephone rang in the next room .
7	Now we expect operators to identify the root cause and make the problem go away themselves , ’ said factory systems manager .
8	Now they expected information from him .
9	Any moment now they expected that the Collector would make up his mind to do something about it .
10	Now they expect responsible customers to pay for their folly .
11	The several sects of Dissenters are glad to be rid of Popery also ; but now they expect glorious days for themselves " .
12	‘ But the board know when contracts are up and now they expect me to just sign for a year .
13	Now they expect to make significant inroads in patient waiting time .
14	And no doubt now he expected her to be suitably softened up by her two days ' grieving , ready to fall back into his arms on the strength of one calculated gesture .
15	He had turned her body to fire with a few practised touches out there and now he expected her to forget all that had happened , stand beside him and discuss the garden as if nothing in the world had just occurred .
16	And now he expects me to clean and cook for him . ’
17	Last week the receivers moved in and now he expects to lose his home as well as his business .
18	He had known nothing of her plans , he did not know now what to expect , why this confining door should ever have been opened now , at this end of the day , after all permitted visits were over .

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