Example sentences of "[vb base] i expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh it 's , I mean I expected |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | And it 'll just save us a few minutes because it 'll be tight squeeze I expect . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | When they visit I expect my husband to be polite to them . |
| 7 | I suppose I expected him to pounce or something . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ And you think I expect a return ? ’ |
| 10 | Nor do I expect an angler to recognise every bite he feels the first time he tries touch legering . |
| 11 | Ask what do I expect the nurses to do at the end of the workshop . |
| 12 | Nor do I expect you to believe me because my bearing is sincere and my words plausible . |
| 13 | ‘ Neither , ’ said Miss Hardbroom , ‘ do I expect you to contravene the Witches Code , rule number seven , paragraph two , by changing your fellows into any sort of animal for what ever reason . |
| 14 | But what do I expect ? |