Example sentences of "[pron] expected a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end everyone expected a return on love , demanded a rebate of gratitude or respect . |
| 2 | I expected a fanfare to greet me , or at least for Tony to fall to his knees in admiration . |
| 3 | I expected a struggle to keep up with the hearse ; instead , its response surprised me . |
| 4 | I expected a hanging , at least . ’ |
| 5 | I would begin Spanish now just to reassure myself that I expected a future in which I could pick up past threads . |
| 6 | I expected a slap but Mrs Bullivant just stepped over us saying she 'd be back later , after she 'd attended Mrs Groves who was having her first . |
| 7 | I expected a reply somewhat like that . |
| 8 | Because of this background , I expected a book called Feminism for Beginners to explain why all this happened when it did . |
| 9 | I knelt at once to pray and prayed most dutifully till morning when I expected a letter telling me Oreste had been taken . |
| 10 | I do n't think she expected a present |
| 11 | This Christmas she expected a baby . |
| 12 | The switch has surprised Wembley , who expected a home game against Spain , and has disappointed the Spanish FA , who hoped they were being invited to London for only the second time in 20 years . |
| 13 | But I was comforted to discover that these highways are antiquities , built by some unfortunate landowner who expected a visit from the king . |
| 14 | X marked the spot where you expected a draw to take place . |
| 15 | In the past , this did not mean that we would not move from company to company , it most certainly did not mean that we ha that we thought we had a job for life , but it did mean that we expected a degree of permanence and improvement as part of the reward for our endeavours and labour . |
| 16 | We expected a response . |
| 17 | JUST before Budget Day we told the story of the Brentford Football Club fan who occupies a senior post at the Treasury and we expected a giveaway Budget if Brentford were leading the Third Division table at the time . |
| 18 | ( Surprised , though ; one expected a Swede to be neurotic — but a Scot ! ) |
| 19 | they expected , they expected a lot of er applications . |
| 20 | And they expected a lot of but they did n't expect that many . |
| 21 | Presenting the seventh development plan ( 1991-97 ) to the National Assembly on Nov. 19 , Masire said that he expected a slowdown in revenue in the coming period and that the private sector would have to play a greater role in diversifying the economy and reducing the dependence on mineral exports . |
| 22 | General Philippe Morillon , the commander of the UN 's forces in Bosnia , said on the same day that he expected a solution soon to the siege of Sarajevo . |
| 23 | Stok sipped his drink and waited as though he expected a round of applause . |
| 24 | Best who was at a Lions selection meeting in Edinburgh yesterday morning , reckoned the margin and manner of Scotland 's 20-0 victory would certainly have England worried and that he expected a cracker of a game on Saturday week at Twickenham , where Scotland have won only twice , in 1971 and 1983 , since the Second World War . |
| 25 | Eileen was amazed that he expected a reply . |
| 26 | If he expected a skirt , |
| 27 | He glanced sideways at Jehan as if he expected a comment . |
| 28 | ‘ Interesting , ’ she said , when she realised he expected a comment . |