Sentence examples for expecting a lecture from inspiring English sources

You were expecting a lecture?

I half expected a lecture from the people here, but I felt responsible for the bird, so I came anyway".

When I told Tabby on that July morning that I thought I'd better go back to work, I expected a lecture.

Just don't expect a lecture on today's Tesco from the former boss – Leahy's comments are brief (see panel).

But the reason members of the public always approach him as if they know him, as if he is an old friend, is not because they expect a lecture on politics.

Given that we're dyed-in-the-wool value investors, you might expect a lecture on how silly such behavior is.

In Chinese restaurants, I knew to expect a lecture on how industrious "Orientals" were.

You can still expect a lecture, along with a contradictory update the following week, in the checkout lane.

But, as he said, seeing her in person was never boring as one would expect a lecture to be.

"People came in expecting a boring lecture and were surprised that it was so funny," he said.

I stood there dumbly for a minute, expecting at least a lecture, some questions, or form to fill out.