Example sentences of "expect [pron] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I did wonder , after a year or more , how it was that he and Mme G expected me to use the public baths rather than offer me the convenience of the bathroom in the pavillon . |
| 2 | Abdesselam told the press on July 27 that the elimination of corruption remained a high priority and that " those who paid the price for the measures that have been taken so far are the youth … let no one expect me to make the deprived masses pay any more " . |
| 3 | By reinforcing your credit policy a reputable debt collector can not only recover your monies but can also let your customers know that you run an efficient business and that you expect them to do the same by paying you as and when agreed . |
| 4 | In fact it is just as misleading to ignore the packaging and expect someone to assess the new situation without any help . |
| 5 | ‘ But , ’ he went on inexorably , ‘ I had n't expected you to achieve the desired result in one short morning in a strange city . |
| 6 | And remember that most insurance companies expect you to pay the first part of any claim — usually £25-£50 . |
| 7 | We expect you to make the most of these opportunities which exist within the Ministry of Defence , the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Transport . |
| 8 | We expect you to observe the general rules of conduct and standards of behaviour as et out below . |
| 9 | Few of his ministers are saying , even in private , that they expect him to lose the next election . |
| 10 | Cornelius signalled by a flicker of one eyebrow that he knew Harry had expected him to say the exact reverse . |
| 11 | Er has been to see me about it , but I 've said that the initiative for farm watch has got to come from them , I said , we 're not gon na stand up and draw up a load of support and expect us to service the damn thing , I said it 's up to you and your members to do it , and I still think he 's trying to get us to do it via the back door , He 's been to talk to me now about it , and I 've told him exactly what I want to do and that we we 'll be involved , but it ai n't gon na be a police run scheme , it 's gon na be a farmer 's run scheme with police support locally . |
| 12 | Can we really expect them to retain the same way of thinking as they had as penniless hopefuls , and if they did would n't that simply be an insipid patronisations ? |
| 13 | ‘ I would expect them to do the honourable thing and give me my job back . ’ |
| 14 | You would n't expect them to forecast the same price all the years , right . |
| 15 | I did n't expect them to eat the blue-green stuff — have you smelled it ? but I have a suspicion that it gets a toehold on spots where other algae are already in residence . |
| 16 | Mark an ‘ E ’ to indicate those issues which you think demand equal involvement and use your partner 's initials to indicate areas where you would expect them to have the major input . |
| 17 | If enzyme deficiencies are at the root of the problem in chemical-sensitive patients then one might expect them to show the same sort of reaction to small amounts of a chemical as normal people show to large amounts of that chemical . |
| 18 | I did n't expect you to do the same again — that is , if you had a day off tomorrow . ’ |
| 19 | That was what stung most of all — the fact that he did n't even expect her to complete the one thing she loved doing in all the world , the one thing she was good at . |
| 20 | Do n't expect him to do the same . |
| 21 | It is not unknown for a salesman to describe the product in glowing terms and you would expect him to highlight the best features . |
| 22 | ‘ I would imagine she wanted you to tell her so that she can tell Alan , and he wo n't expect anyone to produce the actual tissue-typing results while they 're there . ’ |
| 23 | Where countries use their own devices to protect their domestic industries artificially from genuine overseas competition , they must expect us to do the same . |
| 24 | I am expecting you to do the same . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm not expecting her to do the heavy work . |