Sentence examples similar to expecting the elevators from inspiring English sources
Half-expecting the elevator to deposit me in the upper stories of a low-income residential building, I emerged instead into a standard municipal-looking hallway with faux-marble floors.
Although more confined and longer wait times for the elevators than anyone would expect, the luxury of the ten-floor high rise had an astounding view of the Washington Monument.
Visitors who get into the elevators there, expecting to press a button for their floor, are stymied: there are no buttons in the elevators.
After lugging my suitcase up a flight of stairs (what, did I expect an elevator?), I found the corridor dark, the light switches dangling on exposed wires.
The new condominium buildings there typically included all the expected amenities — doorman, elevator, gym, roof deck and garage.
Expecting Edwards to take the elevator to the basement where he could escape through a rear stairwell, the reporter positioned himself at the bottom of the stairs.
Speaking of the different expectations for different buildings, for example, Mr. Unger said, "we probably expect elevators at senior centers to work, no matter what happens".
0.6 mile east: Don't expect an elevator in El Tovar Hotel (1 Main St., Grand Canyon Village; [888] 297-2757 or [928] 638-2631, http://www.grandcanyonlodges.com).
The elevators take forever.
The elevators are always broken".
