Example sentences of "[pron] expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the campaign in North Africa ended in success for the Allies in May everyone expected Joe to come home , but his company went straight to Italy . |
| 2 | I thought that because I had looked up to the twins on account of their wealth I expected others to do the same to me . |
| 3 | With these memories , I expected Galway City , my destination , to be a hopeless , broken-down kind of place . |
| 4 | Knowing that pickups are one of the first corners to be cut in budget guitars , I expected tameness if not lameness from the EX . |
| 5 | ‘ When I told Chris I was pregnant , I expected panic certainly , but not the hatred that came pouring from him . |
| 6 | Frankly , I expected Philippa Lowthorpe 's film about love among the over-65s to come out like a cross between Esther Rantzen at her drippiest and Coronation Street at its dopiest . |
| 7 | I expected slippers but he was more spruce than that and clearly businesslike in the way he ran this family hotel . |
| 8 | I expected Father to chase me , but when I reached the corner and looked back he was just standing there talking to the thin man . |
| 9 | Whenever we went there , Salvo and I expected Hasan 's ghost to leap out of the darkness and slit our throats with his dagger . |
| 10 | Each evening when we tidied away our papers I expected Edward to invite me over to the Lodge for a drink or a meal , and the invitation was not extended . |
| 11 | Qh5 where I expected White 's threats to grant him at least adequate compensation for the two sacrificed pieces , an assessment borne out by post-mortem analysis . |
| 12 | In the first investigative session I ever ran I expected pupils to produce a quadratic relationship , or at least a verbal description of one , from a problem involving lines and their intersections . |
| 13 | They had been defiled , and I expected punishment . |
| 14 | With her enchanting grin , which had , sadly , not been much in evidence of late , she added , ‘ I expect Sheila from down the road had been in with her ‘ Mr Sheen ’ … ’ |
| 15 | and these and these rents have gone up I expect Nora 's flat has gone up |
| 16 | I say borrow but the cash was never refunded and I expect Dad thought it was a cheap way to get rid of him . |
| 17 | Auntie Nellie only came to visit on special occasions so I expect Dad must have written to invite her to the wedding . |
| 18 | I expect dad |
| 19 | I expect Oliver 's given you the impression that I was a virgin when I got married . |
| 20 | How this applies to the crew as well I do n't know but I expect Vic 's got some theory to cover it . |
| 21 | I expect Crilly to ravish me , as promised by letters scrawled in lustful , sweeping biro , but he does n't . |
| 22 | Well I expect William will have a drink , yes , and I expect you will too , what you doing ? |
| 23 | I do not mean by this that I expect managers to cry , or to clasp one another like footballers after a goal has been won . |
| 24 | I expect auntie has told you everything and you have been too busy to come , but please come now . |
| 25 | ‘ I expect Melody will come and keep him company sometimes . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I expect Mrs Jourdelay is familiar with the quotation , ’ Mr Hobbs said . |
| 27 | ‘ The vicar and his wife , of course , ’ she was saying , ‘ and I expect Penelope will come too . |
| 28 | I expect Miranda can be packed by then . |
| 29 | ‘ You are an angel , Daddy , ’ said Sheila , and she added dreamily , ‘ I expect Clytemnestra has spent a penny by now . ’ |
| 30 | I expect Winifred Shalcross was right , however strange you may think it , when she said I was overconscientious . |