Example sentences of "expect it of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's a particularly nasty thing to say , but maybe I should have expected it of you . ’ |
| 2 | He had not expected it of her and wished he could have gone away quickly without even asking if there was anything he could do for her . |
| 3 | Their responses included : They may expect it of us . |
| 4 | We 've now come to expect it of him , which is remarkable for someone so young and with very little experience . ’ |
| 5 | She said to them , sometimes , but she 's a widow , she lives all alone , she has no one , she seems to expect it of me : and they sympathized all the more , and said that they could see how hard it must be for Clara to break away . |
| 6 | She simply expected it of him , she made him always say what he thought , she argued points , she worried constantly about whether she was , whether they both were , working hard enough . |