Example sentences of "[Wh det] one expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Scarcely what one expected from a man who was deeply in love . |
| 3 | He writes that he was determined to exclude ‘ voyages , naval battles , shipboard life , fishing ’ and most of what one expects in nautical yarns . |
| 4 | Back to floating is hardly what one expects to hear from The Economist , which understands the threat this poses to Europe 's single market . |
| 5 | Not what one expects from a headmaster . |
| 6 | Duty is what one expects from others ; it is not what one does one 's self |