Example sentences of "[verb] i expect " in BNC.
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1 | ’ But we had fun together , George and I. That was all he wanted , all he ever led me to expect . |
2 | You do n't think I expected you to have two hundred pounds on you , do you ? |
3 | I suppose er he feels that he 's got to go I expect |
4 | that one was intended to go I expect yes that one was intended to go |
5 | It 's speeding I expect |
6 | Oh it 's , I mean I expected |
7 | Moses and Monarchism is not one of those books of Freud as I expect you to read for this course , I mean I expect you to read things like Civilization 's Discontents and so on because they 're , they 're kind of central and they 're not very large books , they 're clearly er focused on our subject but erm it would be I think a little bit unreasonable for me to expect you to read this one , although , er I 'd quite like you to I mean some ways erm it 's a fascinating book , erm my guess is if it , if you do n't hate it , you 'd probably quite like it . |
8 | During my visit to Proctor and Gamble I expected to spend most of my time listening to smart women complain about having their key strokes counted . |
9 | And it 'll just save us a few minutes because it 'll be tight squeeze I expect . |
10 | If they had dominated I expect they would have had at least a few more ( in 20 mins ) . |
11 | and across the , er two yards the , a man and a woman were sit there watching me , hoping I 'd fall I expect . |
12 | My solicitor told me to expect at least four years because of my previous convictions : I 've got deception , deception , fraud , grievous bodily harm , assault , malicious wounding , drugs , deception and then again deception . |
13 | " Assistant Commissioner Seddon told me to expect you , " he said . |
14 | Fielding had told me to expect trouble from Lorne on several counts . |
15 | Miss Timber Topper looks best in the opener and after Richards has had another winner with Pyjamas in the St. Boswell 's Handicap Chase I expect Stephenson 's Jupiter 's Glory to complete a great day for punters . |
16 | Well I 'm going I expect he 'll . |
17 | It 'll keep I expect . |
18 | When they visit I expect my husband to be polite to them . |
19 | I suppose I expected him to pounce or something . |
20 | It was n't as though either of these men had led me to expect anything , gave me anything to hope for , it 's just that I really liked them , particularly the one I encountered later on . |
21 | My binoculars I wore round my neck at the ready for all those puffins , razor bills and guillemots I expected to see on the way over . |
22 | ‘ I remember , but that did n't mean I expected you to freeze to death . ’ |
23 | At the end of the day I still have strong reservations about the software , eighteen months ago it would have been fine but exposure to everything from 1–2–3 to Open Access has left me expecting rather more from an integrated package . |
24 | It goes out to tender I expect . |
25 | Perhaps it 's new , she bought I expect she bought it in the States I should think . |
26 | At Calais the peg-legged porter unloading the baggage with as much agility as his able-bodied fellows became , in my over-heated imagination , a victim of Verdun , and such was the exotic evocation of ‘ foreign soil ’ , that I think I expected northern France to be totally distinct from southern England — almost like another planet . |
27 | ‘ And you think I expect a return ? ’ |
28 | Nor do I expect an angler to recognise every bite he feels the first time he tries touch legering . |
29 | Ask what do I expect the nurses to do at the end of the workshop . |
30 | Nor do I expect you to believe me because my bearing is sincere and my words plausible . |