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

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1 Most of the things I expected to value in life have come to me through death . ’
2 The ‘ things I expected to value ’ .
3 These are the things I expect in marriage
4 In all things I expect you to be a lady .
5 As for me , the things I expect a computer to do have advanced somewhat .
6 His widow tells us the things we expect to hear ; that he was good , kind , gentle .
7 With the recession in this country , it 's the last thing I expected .
8 MORE tea , vicar ? is not the sort of thing I expected to ask minutes after arriving in a Swiss ski resort .
9 It is the last thing I expected him to do .
10 " So am I. It was the last thing I expected or wanted to happen . "
11 The last thing I expected was to be woken from unconsciousness by an air hostess with the face of an angel , gently patting on my shoulder and telling me that the plane had just landed in Miami .
12 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 .
13 A baby was the last thing she expected to see in the servants ' quarters , especially as Rosa looked far beyond her child-bearing years .
14 There will be two hinged clamps to secure it in even the worst weather which , as you can see for yourself , is the last thing we expect today . ’
15 Not the sort of thing one expects from our side , a childish prank , more suited to the Liberals .
16 Not the sort of thing one expects of this generation , so all the more pleasing when one comes across it .
17 The disbelief round the table was sudden ; it was the last thing they expected to hear .
18 The last thing he expected was an attack from above .
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