Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If for example I am pursuing X in the expectation of enjoying it , but when I get it am disappointed , or seem to enjoy it yet afterwards come to recognize that only habit or a false idea of myself or susceptibility to persuasion made me suppose I was enjoying myself , then I was mistaken in doing Y. Every choice of means , however well argued , proves groundless with the discrediting of the end , yet that I did not have the fun I expected is itself no more than a fact . |
| 2 | The last thing I expected was to be woken from unconsciousness by an air hostess with the face of an angel , gently patting on my shoulder and telling me that the plane had just landed in Miami . |
| 3 | ‘ In my wildest dreams the most I expected was to come on and get maybe a quarter of an hour . |
| 4 | And he said , but he 's nothing to do with Surrealism , which I expect is true that he did n't belong to the party but then perhaps Spaniards are , in any case , basically surrealist . |
| 5 | We both like beans on toast , although I like mine with liberal lashings of Worcester sauce , which I expect is far too exotic for the Prime Minister . |
| 6 | I am saying Mr Major , as Prime Minister , if someone in my position is saying I believe , I believe , there is the best opportunity here for lasting peace , by which I mean a total cessation of violence , the least I expect is that you should listen to what I have to say . |
| 7 | And the erm ni the , the , the capsules and the er Nitrous Albide I expect are the ones he 's going to change though the problem is exactly what to . |
| 8 | Friends and colleagues , most of you I expect are experiencing heavy increases in house and car insurance . |
| 9 | ‘ I expect be knows . ’ |
| 10 | Not getting the exam results you expected is a lot more common than you might think . |
| 11 | There is always more work than you expect is n't there ? |
| 12 | Simple : the atomic reaction you expect is n't taking place , the beam with which you are bombarding the particles is on the wrong wavelength . |
| 13 | We 're also talking in terms of a ministry which what you expect is very often what you get you 're trained to be somebody , okay ? . |
| 14 | What can you expect is a certain amount of resentment or sour grapes between October 1–4 and , frustrating as it may be , all you can really do about the situation is put up and shut up in the certain knowledge that you will gain your freedom , however long it takes . |
| 15 | Whatever novelists may believe about the universe , they do not demand of their readers a formal belief in God or the Devil , or in the forces of history , and the tolerances they expect are wide . |
| 16 | What he expected was to see the Labour Government driven into an election either by its own dissensions or by the action of the Liberals , and its consequent replacement by a Conservative administration , obviously with himself at the head . |
| 17 | The last thing he expected was an attack from above . |