Example sentences of "[that] [pron] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Convention not only transferred the Crown to William and Mary , but also laid down certain terms for the new rulers in the document known as the Declaration of Rights , and if the offer of the Crown was not strictly speaking conditional upon William and Mary 's acceptance of these terms , it was clear that everyone expected that they were to abide by them . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's much more hilly that I expected , much more severe , more than anyone said to me , ’ said Montgomerie . |
| 3 | I would begin Spanish now just to reassure myself that I expected a future in which I could pick up past threads . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ It is simply that I expected better service , ’ he snapped . |
| 6 | And she thumped the cake down so hard in front of me that I expected the plate to shatter . |
| 7 | Harold asked the question that I expected ; ‘ If they wo n't meet Barbara , who will they meet ? ’ |
| 8 | Not that I expected any . |
| 9 | In the Sunday Mail we read that I had said ‘ I am a fascist and proud of it , ’ that I expected ‘ a blood-soaked campaign ’ and that ‘ lots of violence ’ would be ‘ all right with me ’ . |
| 10 | I was talking to him about that and I got a totally different response from him that I expected did n't mind . |
| 11 | I do not mean by this that I expect managers to cry , or to clasp one another like footballers after a goal has been won . |
| 12 | I intended to resign at the A.G.M. due to the fact that I expect to be leaving the London area before the next A.G.M. but since no-one else wanted the job I agreed to remain chairman for as long as I could . |
| 13 | Due to the publication schedule of ‘ Contact ’ I am actually writing this before the AGM , so I ca n't say anything more about it except that I intend to resign at it , due to the fact that I expect to be leaving the London area , so this will be the last time you will hear about London Branch from me . |
| 14 | Suppose that I expect a colleague to give me a lift home this evening , but that her car has a flat battery ; this wo n't stop us , however , because a friend 's car is parked conveniently near with some jump leads which we can use to get her car to start . |
| 15 | I am not so green that I expect to get the sole credit on this movie . |
| 16 | Not that I expect you to heed my warning . |
| 17 | Not that I expect someone like you to ’ |
| 18 | I will say , however , that I expect all the countries that we assist to make further progress towards democracy and increased accountability : we consider that vital . |
| 19 | I look forward to hearing from the hon. Gentleman how he will deal with the complaints that I expect he will receive from his constituents , when he has to explain to those employed at Guy 's hospital why the Labour party 's policies would deny that hospital the opportunity to increase staff pay by £6 a week . |
| 20 | Not that I expect you to be so baby-besotted as the people round here — with good cause , of course , as Ewan has to be a paragon ! |
| 21 | Oh it 's co cos you 've been doing that I expect . |
| 22 | Not , in truth , that she expected any , important or otherwise , but it would have made a difference to the day . |
| 23 | Devoy hinted that she expected Jackman to be her successor , by adding : ‘ She can have it [ the title ] after me . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Galadriel , ’ muttered Gilly , not that she expected this bale of blubber to manage her real name . |
| 25 | Not that she expected there would be . |
| 26 | She would cook them all a good breakfast and make it clear that she expected them to be at the table on time . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't think that she expected me to run down the shot ’ said Emmons , referring to her magnificent dash across the baseline to reach an all but winning forehand from Bentley which would have given her not only the first set , but also the psychological ‘ first blood ’ . |
| 28 | On the plane to London , Adam had said that Clare still refused to see her ; he had hinted that she expected an apology . |
| 29 | She said , and she 's right , dammit , that Father would have wished — that she expected … . |
| 30 | Bertha Cohen snorted as if to convey that she expected as little from grandchildren as from children . |