Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm and ask them you know and say , and if they want two years , say well you know I 'm pretty keen on this , now what , you know I necessarily expect you to have me |
| 2 | It was a dramatic and impractical outfit of a kind I only expected to see on the male models who posed in the more outlandish fashion magazines that our rich clients brought aboard Wavebreaker , yet Jesse Isambard Sweetman managed to wear the elaborate style with an elegant insouciance . |
| 3 | ‘ Have been reading ’ , I realized even as I struggled to find somewhere to stand the strawboard in the darkness , makes a somewhat smaller claim than ‘ have read ’ , and I scarcely expect that my ‘ books ’ , to anyone outside the very restricted world of philosophical studies , are going to include the two on Spinoza ; all of which suggests a second-hand and partial acquaintance with my only other work , Natural Man . |
| 4 | ‘ I just expect not to be leered at and not to have my correspondence read . |
| 5 | " Why , " he thought , " in this country it is uncommon to see even one elephant ; how can I ever expect to find a hundred ? " |
| 6 | ‘ Before I came here , I had my life all sorted out , I was happy — at least , as happy as I ever expected to be . |
| 7 | Whenever I meet with a Sister in print , I always expect to hear that Corydon has prov 'd false ; or that Sylvia ‘ s cruel Parents have had prudence enough to keep two mad People from playing the Fool together , for Life . |
| 8 | I always expect them to play their best and act their best on the court . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ I still expect to be caretaker manager at Wembley on May 9 . |
| 10 | ‘ I still expect to have a substantial interest in the day-to-day running of the club and my assistant Lil Fuccillo will be appointed manager . ’ |
| 11 | I still expect Italy to win this group . |
| 12 | Mr Taylor will know the position and I still expect to be named in the squad on Tuesday . |
| 13 | ‘ I still expect ter see 'im come walkin' out o' that yard , ’ she said , nodding to the Galloway stables on the bend of the street . |
| 14 | ‘ I hardly expected you before midnight . ’ |
| 15 | It said ‘ Junk Shop ’ outside but I hardly expected the sign to be this literal . |
| 16 | I also expect her to struggle . |
| 17 | I also expect the companies selling them to finally give up and start calling them computers — which , of course , is what they are . |
| 18 | I was so much convinced that I should get Roux 's result in all its features , that even in spite of the whole blastula , I now expected the next morning would reveal to me the half-organization of my subject once more ; the gut , I supposed , might come out quite on one side of it , as a half-tube , and the ring of cells might be a half one also . |
| 19 | I now expect you young girls to keep bright and shining . |
| 20 | My continuing admiration for his work is not diminished by the fact that I have never received it , nor did I really expect it . |
| 21 | Can I really expect her to do that for the rest of my life ? ’ |
| 22 | But then , how many ex-air commanders did I really expect to be female ? |
| 23 | Not that I really expected them to ; I could hardly expect the Umpire to side with me so soon . |
| 24 | And I do n't think I really expected Feargal to go down to Rosslare ! |
| 25 | I do n't think I really expected to see it , but when I did it amused me to follow you , and when you stopped in Wexford it was idle curiosity that prompted my behaviour , nothing else . ’ |
| 26 | I really expect to get back in three or four days and I will try and hang on to the holiday . |
| 27 | Darling , I am sorry , I really expect to be back inside the week , and I would n't go if anyone else could . |
| 28 | Inevitably I end up with three different files , one showing the worst case scenario , one showing what I really expect to happen , and one showing the absolute best I could ever hope for . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , the staff were open and co-operative and I found the visit productive , gleaning more information and obtaining clearer impressions than I originally expected . |
| 30 | ‘ This film is appealing to people on a universal level far beyond what I originally expected , ’ he admits . |