Example sentences of "[pron] have expect [det] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd expected some token reluctance , a bit of chair-shuffling and so on .
2 I 'd expected some Chart Show clothes horses purveying diluted Techno , not an androgynous keyboardist , a commanding dancer and the mad hatter MC who 'd just as soon sing the praises of spliff as he 'd stare out the crowd , bug-eyes in effect .
3 Dragged myself to the doctor who told me I had to expect such things at my age and prescribed vitamin pills .
4 The riot had started from nothing ; nobody had expected any trouble .
5 Anger , yes , she 'd expected that .
6 She had expected that .
7 She had expected more censure , more blame , but instead Fen seemed to be taking everything upon himself .
8 Roland had supposed she had expected this , but it became dreadfully obvious that she had not .
9 Of course , one has to expect such things to occur amongst maids and footmen , and a good butler should always take this into account in his planning ; but such marrying amongst more senior employees can have an extremely disruptive effect on work .
10 Being right in line with the posts we had expected some sort of obstacle to look round but not a moving one !
11 We have to expect more wastage , ca n't keep putting it in and out of the fridge , could poison somebody .
12 Many workers said they 'd expected another round of closures despite the earlier announcement of a reprieve for some of the collieries .
13 They had expected some throwing of stones and worse from whatever straggle of peasants ventured down from the hills to the banks , and that they received .
14 That would be bad news for Wales , although they have expected all along that wonder wing David Campese would be 100 per cent by the time it came to the crunch in Cardiff .
15 It said he 'd expected this .
16 He had expected some final pay-off , a terminal settling of accounts for services rendered .
17 He had expected some kind of tart from Les Halles and found a respectable Jewish matron in an unbecoming colour .
18 He had expected some sordid den with a big wardrobe , a lot of shoes and a bed laid for business .
19 While chairman David Gare said the group performed well throughout the year , he had expected this year 's figures to be better than last .
20 The tension drifted from Blufton 's eyes , as if he had expected another challenge to his veracity .
21 Neither of them had expected this .
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