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1  Nobody could really expect that sort of sacrifice of him.
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ContextHighlight   In Chapter Five The whip-man
2  , "although I can hardly expect to be shown the same respect as I was then."
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ContextHighlight   In Chapter Eight Block, the businessman - Dismissing the ...
3  "I expect you're right," said the woman, who had not understood exactly what he meant.
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ContextHighlight   In Chapter Three In the empty Courtroom - The Student - The ...
4  s mood in some way, so he said, "I expect you've deliberately avoided deciding between my suggestions yet."
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ContextHighlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
5  I don't know why it is they bother me like this, I expect you've just seen that I do nothing to encourage them to come near me.
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ContextHighlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
6  Instead of the darkness he expected, he saw everything unchanged from the previous evening, and did not know how he should respond.
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ContextHighlight   In Chapter Five The whip-man
7  as he stood up, "and you're speaking too loud, Uncle, I expect one of the staff is listening at the door and I find that rather unpleasant."
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ContextHighlight   In Chapter Six K.'s uncle - Leni
8  It was only the shout that startled him, this curt, abrupt, military shout, that he would not have expected from the policeman called Franz.
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ContextHighlight   In Chapter One Arrest - Conversation with Mrs. Grubach - ...
9  And what's more, I expect they have already noticed themselves, or even if they haven't, this affair is really not so important to me as they think.
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ContextHighlight   In Chapter Three In the empty Courtroom - The Student - The ...
10  But I do have some important connections with several people who, I expect, know their way around these things better than I do, and to contact them is a matter of course.
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ContextHighlight   In Chapter Six K.'s uncle - Leni
11  There's a lot to indicate that he treats the man as his subordinate, I expect you remember, but those who hold this view would say it's very clear that he really is his subordinate.
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ContextHighlight   In Chapter Nine In the Cathedral
12  One day - no-one expects it - some judge or other picks up the documents and looks more closely at them, he notices that this particular case is still active, and orders the defendant's immediate arrest.
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ContextHighlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
13  Here, though, he did not know what answer to give to such a simple question and looked round at the others as if they were under some obligation to help him, and as if no-one could expect any answer from him without this help.
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ContextHighlight   In Chapter Three In the empty Courtroom - The Student - The ...
14  You could have seen many gentlemen at this window, gentlemen of whom you would least expect it, staring out this window in despair on the street below while the lawyer is at his desk studying the documents so that he can give them good advice.
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ContextHighlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
15  "So that's it," said the student, "oh no, you're not going to get her," and with a strength you would not have expected from him, he glanced tenderly at her, lifted her up on one arm and, his back bent under the weight, ran with her to the door.
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ContextHighlight   In Chapter Three In the empty Courtroom - The Student - The ...
16  There was, of course, another reason for bringing these employees; they, just like my landlady and her maid, were expected to spread the news of my arrest and damage my public reputation and in particular to remove me from my position at the bank.
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ContextHighlight   In Chapter Two First Cross-examination
17  expected another summons to arrive, he could not believe that his rejection of any more hearings had been taken literally, and when the expected summons really had not come by Saturday evening he took it to mean that he was expected, without being told, to appear at the same place at the same time.
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ContextHighlight   In Chapter Three In the empty Courtroom - The Student - The ...
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