Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] expect the [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The young prune wears his tie crooked , and I keep expecting the policeman to lean forward and straighten it . |
| 2 | I keep expecting the world to make sense . |
| 3 | I kept expecting the teacher to praise her , but instead she suddenly cried out , |
| 4 | I had expected the room to smell of death , but on account of Mrs Mortimer — or else her apron — the room was dominated by the smell of roasting . |
| 5 | Er , I make a point of never saying I told you so , but we did expect the upturn to come , because fundamentally stru er , Camco is a strong business . |
| 6 | Zakrewski confirmed that he did expect the legislation to hurt its Polish acquisition , DHI , which currently expects to turn over $15m in the market this year , and added ‘ The result will be that there will be some preferred companies who have been doing assembly that will be supported , and they will grow and make a huge amount of money by reselling imports , not by assembling ; it 's a scandal . |
| 7 | He had expected the police to have reappeared . |