1 We should then have known what we had to expect.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 41. DORA'S AUNTS 2 I don't know where these wretched girls expect to go to, for my part.
3 'I didn't expect he'd cut up so rough, Master Copperfield,' said Uriah.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 39. WICKFIELD AND HEEP 4 If I could see my Uriah well settled in life, I couldn't expect much more I think.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 39. WICKFIELD AND HEEP 5 Clara is greatly strengthened and improved, but we can hardly expect so much from her.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 4. I FALL INTO DISGRACE 6 You're a partner yourself, you know,' returned my aunt, 'and that's about enough for you, I expect.
7 Some of us can hardly expect, perhaps, in the natural course of things, to greet you on your return.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE 8 Quite as comfortable as we can expect a young mother to be, under these melancholy domestic circumstances.
9 My dear Miss Trotwood,' she replied, 'I shall only be too happy to think that anyone expects to hear from us.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 57. THE EMIGRANTS 10 'Jack Maldon will never be very busy in getting either, I expect,' said Doctor Strong, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE 11 Why, Jane, we can hardly expect Clara to bear, with perfect firmness, the worry and torment that David has occasioned her today.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 4. I FALL INTO DISGRACE 12 I do not expect that you, who always rebelled against my just authority, exerted for your benefit and reformation, should owe me any good-will now.
13 Mr. Micawber may have concealed his difficulties from me in the first instance, but his sanguine temper may have led him to expect that he would overcome them.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 12. LIKING LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT NO BETTER, I ... 14 If, any sunny forenoon, she had spread a little pair of wings and flown away before my eyes, I don't think I should have regarded it as much more than I had had reason to expect.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 3. I HAVE A CHANGE 15 My opinion is,' said Peggotty, taking her eyes from me, after a little indecision and going on with her work, 'that I never was married myself, Master Davy, and that I don't expect to be.
16 He mentioned a terrace at the western end of Oxford Street, fronting Hyde Park, on which he had always had his eye, but which he did not expect to attain immediately, as it would require a large establishment.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 28. Mr. MICAWBER'S GAUNTLET 17 I am not so unreasonable as to expect,' said Agnes, resuming her usual tone, after a little while, 'that you will, or that you can, at once, change any sentiment that has become a conviction to you; least of all a sentiment that is rooted in your trusting disposition.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 25. GOOD AND BAD ANGELS Your search result may include more than 17 sentences. If you upgrade to a VIP account, you will see up to 500 sentences for one search.