Example sentences of "[Wh det] [indef pn] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | President Truman did so in a campaign which no-one expected him to win , and he won . |
| 2 | One of the first was the Camattini family , who left La Spezia , the great port and naval base on the Ligurian Sea which everyone expected to be bombarded by the British Fleet . |
| 3 | Contrary to what everyone expected , urban children suddenly subjected to the apparently healthy environment of fresh air and green fields did not show any marked improvement in health . |
| 4 | Not what one expected of the wife of the senior partner , Tim observed , thinking smugly of his own immaculately turned-out Patrice , who would refuse to eat if she put on even an extra pound and who would as soon leave the house naked as without make-up . |
| 5 | Scarcely what one expected from a man who was deeply in love . |
| 6 | He writes that he was determined to exclude ‘ voyages , naval battles , shipboard life , fishing ’ and most of what one expects in nautical yarns . |
| 7 | Back to floating is hardly what one expects to hear from The Economist , which understands the threat this poses to Europe 's single market . |
| 8 | Not what one expects from a headmaster . |
| 9 | Duty is what one expects from others ; it is not what one does one 's self |