Example sentences of "[adv] expect [noun prp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had not expected Eleanor to beard his lodgings in Earls Court , especially as he had given Mrs Avery the same instructions about visitors as he had given Nurse Goodman . |
| 2 | He had not expected Wang to be so upset , so patently indignant . |
| 3 | She would not expect Rachaela to be home in any case and always had her lunch and tea with Emma . |
| 4 | During dinner at the Pheasantry , Ian clearly expected Clare to be frivolously entertaining . |
| 5 | ’ Perhaps it was the estrangement of Washington perhaps that he had n't expected Agnes at the Smithsonian but it had been a surprising thrill to see the familiar smile in the crowd . |
| 6 | The council does n't expect Swindon to be ready for an assault on Britain in Bloom for some time , but it 's convinced all the effort 's worth it . |
| 7 | Do n't expect Wills to be the perfect ruler |
| 8 | Do n't expect Wills to be the perfect ruler |
| 9 | Do n't expect Wills to be the perfect ruler |
| 10 | Those who know southern England might well expect Wallingford to be already a mere dormitory of London . |