Example sentences of "[verb] expect this " in BNC.
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| 1 | It said he 'd expected this . |
| 2 | Marcus seemed to expect this , though usually he had little to say to Ludens . |
| 3 | He seemed to expect this , and merely abused the audience back , spitting at them , skidding over on to his arse once , and drinking and slouching around the stage as if he were in his living room . |
| 4 | Fortunately her mother had been told to expect this and the reason for it was explained . |
| 5 | The plaintiff 's case is that despite the difficulty with the landlord 's consent at the time the contracts were signed , it was made clear to them by Mr at this stage that that ought to be a formality and no one anticipated to expect this . |
| 6 | We might have expected this switch to reinforce the downward trend in the ratio of direct to indirect tax receipts . |
| 7 | Who would have expected this to happen ? ’ |
| 8 | She should have expected this turn-around . |
| 9 | Roland had supposed she had expected this , but it became dreadfully obvious that she had not . |
| 10 | While chairman David Gare said the group performed well throughout the year , he had expected this year 's figures to be better than last . |
| 11 | The Doctor had expected this to provoke some reaction but the Chelonians remained resolutely silent , their eyes fixed on the big screen that showed a trundling view of their journey through the wastes . |
| 12 | Neither of them had expected this . |
| 13 | Celia had expected this . |