Example sentences of "[pron] expect [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the first was the Camattini family , who left La Spezia , the great port and naval base on the Ligurian Sea which everyone expected to be bombarded by the British Fleet . |
| 2 | ‘ Because , as it turns out , you 've developed the intelligence I expected of you , and I suppose there 's some excuse for what you were at nineteen . |
| 3 | Johnston said : ‘ It has not gone anywhere near as well as I expected at Everton . |
| 4 | The distortion on the unit , which I expected to be awful , is actually very good , although I do n't think it quite lives up to Ibanez 's claim that the unit could serve as a preamp , when linked to an amplifier . |
| 5 | ‘ I expected to curry quite a lot of disfavour from almost everybody , ’ he says . |
| 6 | The natural justification of my choice between the fruit would be something like ‘ The peach looked delicious ’ , which conveys the full information that I expected to be responding in accord with ‘ Be aware ’ until the last trace of the flavour faded from my mouth . |
| 7 | Recalling that swinging ‘ 67 start , the dry Scouser said : ‘ I expected to be chucked out by the BBC any moment then . ’ |
| 8 | Pitching : the flysheet is erected first and took a little longer than I expected to up on my own — six minutes . |
| 9 | Most of the things I expected to value in life have come to me through death . ’ |
| 10 | The ‘ things I expected to value ’ . |
| 11 | I expected to be terrified of the pain and I was worried that if anything went wrong I would n't be able to cope . |
| 12 | I expected to be like a village . |
| 13 | Before I first met ye ’ right , I expected to fockin' hate you . ’ |
| 14 | The interior was just as I expected from the books I had seen at school . |
| 15 | ‘ Much nicer than I expected from the particulars , ’ she added . |
| 16 | As I expected from one who knew him well it is a very sympathetic account of his life and its impact on both cricket and the wider world . |
| 17 | It was the sort of jargon I expected from you-know-who . |
| 18 | The scene of life , Bransby ’ , continued he , ‘ is drawing to a close : although my career has been a most happy one , I feel much less regret than I expected in leaving it , for I have full confidence in the mercy of God . ’ |
| 19 | The opening games did not go quite as I expected in that I was surprised to see Wales beat Ireland . |
| 20 | There 's Albert he er , as though we down I expect up the other side . |
| 21 | I have never liked any form of ‘ mystique ’ in therapy and always take great care to explain to my patients precisely what I am going to do , what I expect of them and what they are likely to experience . |
| 22 | ‘ We 're desperate for a win and the players have been left in no doubt what I expect of them , ’ said Laughton . |
| 23 | Oh , we was there — I expect for a month . |
| 24 | It 's what I expect for you to be able to work , really hard , get your homework done , work hard in your exams , I expect you to go to college . |
| 25 | For £200 , I expect to be able to buy something that 's good-looking and well-designed . |
| 26 | I wo n't be in record-breaking form for the European Championships , but I expect to be competitive . |
| 27 | I expect to be there for 2 years . |
| 28 | And I think the novel is dead on and I expect to be slaughtered for it ! |
| 29 | And I expect to be paid . ’ |
| 30 | This is the tour party I expect to be named this morning : Gooch ( captain ) , Stewart ( vice-captain ) , Smith , Atherton , Fairbrother , Gatting , Hick , Reeve , Russell , Emburey , Tufnell , Lewis , DeFreitas , Malcolm , Cork , Jarvis . |