"expect" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- I arrived expecting a Resort, but instead got a resort, circa 1965.
- Anyway, I imagine Sween-Madro originally arrived here expecting to use us as a source of blood and life force.
- She arrives in post-war Bosnia expecting a harmonized community, but instead finds chaos and disorder against a back drop of simmering cultural tensions.
- Moreover, the name was somewhat misleading: some patrons would arrive expecting to see, say, Archie Bunker's chair.
- I arrive expecting to find the troop ready to hike.
- When Brandon arrives expecting to be discharged, he is unexpectedly ordered back to active duty in Iraq, based on the military's controversial stop-loss policy.
- The rebels arrived expecting no resistance, but were met with organised resistance and were repelled.
- I hardly think that the audience is going to arrive expecting jokes!
- In fact, if people arrive early expecting a long line and instead face a short one, it gives them more time to drink, retail experts at various airports say.
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