Example sentences of "[pron] expect [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end everyone expected a return on love , demanded a rebate of gratitude or respect . |
| 2 | When the settlers got to Virginia , everyone expected the gentlemen of the party to run things , just as in England . |
| 3 | Nearly 30 millimetres of rain was recorded.Flood warnings had been issued … but no-one expected the river to rise so quickly … surging 10 feet above normal levels . |
| 4 | Well I 'd no room in this shop , there was no erm anywhere to store them expect the man just here see , where the g where they used to keep his car . |
| 5 | I expected no different when his Lordship sent me out on the morning of the 19th . |
| 6 | ‘ I expected no better , ’ said Herluin bitterly , and took the broken box in his hands to stare at the damage . |
| 7 | I 'd heard the voice of an angel — and when a meeting was eventually arranged between David and myself , through NEMS ' who were handling both of us at the time , I expected a very pimply youth to be standing there . |
| 8 | I expected a struggle to keep up with the hearse ; instead , its response surprised me . |
| 9 | I knelt at once to pray and prayed most dutifully till morning when I expected a letter telling me Oreste had been taken . |
| 10 | I would begin Spanish now just to reassure myself that I expected a future in which I could pick up past threads . |
| 11 | I 'd therefore grown used to getting a certain amount of respect from other drivers , so when I found one of the clapped-out Toyotas favoured by Asian families in my path one morning I expected a free passage . |
| 12 | I expected a slap but Mrs Bullivant just stepped over us saying she 'd be back later , after she 'd attended Mrs Groves who was having her first . |
| 13 | I expected a fanfare to greet me , or at least for Tony to fall to his knees in admiration . |
| 14 | I expected a high-powered event , with dozens , if not hundreds of people present . |
| 15 | Besides looking expensively elegant , which is what I expected a mantenuta to be , this woman was also very beautiful . |
| 16 | For a moment I expected a knuckle-rapping response , but after a brief hesitation , he said , ‘ My verse was obscure because I was obscure to myself . |
| 17 | I expected a hanging , at least . ’ |
| 18 | I expected a reply somewhat like that . |
| 19 | Because of this background , I expected a book called Feminism for Beginners to explain why all this happened when it did . |
| 20 | ‘ I expected a wee charge from Middlesbrough early on . |
| 21 | I said well no I cos I said I expected a co I think she deserved a more than a commended . |
| 22 | On his return he puzzled me by behaving exactly as I expected an S.S.O. to behave . |
| 23 | Once when he swung across the road to frighten a cyclist by passing within inches of him at forty miles an hour I expected the Feldwebel or the officer to be angry . |
| 24 | With 33% of Britons likely to get cancer and with cancer being the fear it is , I expected the queue to stretch to Weston-super-Mare and beyond . |
| 25 | I expected the Polynesians there to be just as subject to the ailments of the flesh as anywhere else in the world — especially polio — otherwise what would they need a doctor for ? |
| 26 | And she thumped the cake down so hard in front of me that I expected the plate to shatter . |
| 27 | At £17.50 a ticket , I expected the band to come on for a bit longer or were they all dashing off to see Lady Chatterley too ? |
| 28 | As far as I 'm concerned , the residents come first ; and I expect every member of staff to understand that , right through from helping them get up in the morning to taking someone off to bingo if she wants to go . |
| 29 | As any Boy Scout could tell you , this means : ‘ I expect a return . ’ |
| 30 | You see , I expect a lot of Labour voters will spoil their ballot papers by writing ‘ F … ing Tory ’ next to my name . |