Example sentences of "knew what expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | But with personal contact through the old jobbing system on the floor of the Stock Exchange , experienced people could see Old Joe coming and knew what to expect — even if they might sometimes join in to make a little extra money . |
| 2 | In Germany in 1939 , a British Gentile , let alone a Jew , knew what to expect of the Nazi authorities and got out if they could . |
| 3 | She heard the roaring approaching and knew what to expect . |
| 4 | None of us knew what to expect ; we all felt somewhat unsure of one another . |
| 5 | They never knew what to expect when they came home from school ! ’ |
| 6 | We knew what to expect , but it was still upsetting . |
| 7 | His eight-year-old sister was calmer ; she , too , knew what to expect . |
| 8 | I 've watched Casualty on TV often enough , so I knew what to expect at the hospital : lots of furrowed brows and swishing cubicle curtains . |
| 9 | She knew what to expect from the cykeman , but she was counting on his not knowing what to expect from her . |
| 10 | Her family soon knew what to expect and so the potential for resentment was never allowed to build up . |
| 11 | I was alone , on foot , and hardly knew what to expect . |
| 12 | Cezar , Bailey 's Brazilian butler , later recalled that he never knew what to expect in those days . |
| 13 | Mr Reynolds was also given information about the operation and what would happen to him afterwards so that he knew what to expect . |
| 14 | Two of the women who were moved up with me had already been in prison , one for about a year , one for about eight months , so they knew what to expect . |
| 15 | And er but erm I think my erm sort of brief contacts with coming and visiting , when I actually came to live on the flats , erm I I knew what to expect and er and erm I was n't I was n't surprised at erm you know , how what the living conditions were like . |
| 16 | The pickets knew what to expect : they 'd been warned it could turn nasty , and it did . |
| 17 | Kate , pregnant with her second baby , thought she knew what to expect when it came to giving birth , especially since she 'd had a long labour first time round . |
| 18 | ‘ You knew what to expect when you came to my room tonight . |
| 19 | As experienced dog owners we thought we knew what to expect at first — a little mess , some chewing , a bit of a handful . |
| 20 | ‘ It was probably because he was a doctor that he could n't face the future — he knew what to expect , ’ said Rachel bitterly , then as she caught sight of her mother 's expression she said hurriedly , ‘ Oh , I 'm not making excuses for him , I 'm just stating a fact . ’ |
| 21 | I had been on one of these camps before so I thought that I knew what to expect . |
| 22 | A super , super three days , er nobody knew what to expect when we came here , except that Mike Etherington-Smith was going to build a super course . |