Example sentences of "[pron] expected [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The opening games did not go quite as I expected in that I was surprised to see Wales beat Ireland . |
| 2 | Quickly , she put on her coat and hat , looking round fearfully as if she expected at any moment to feel Sikes ' heavy hand on her shoulder . |
| 3 | His lovemaking was the best , the perfection she expected from such a gentle and caring man . |
| 4 | Fabia was not sure what she expected after that . |
| 5 | Black and white cows grazed so picturesquely that one expected at any moment an eighteenth-century milkmaid to come prancing out from behind a white-blossomed bush with her three-legged wooden milking stool . |
| 6 | But even if political authorities were clear about what they expected from public enterprises , political control would remain problematic . |
| 7 | Was that not what he expected from Asian shopkeepers , and did that justify breaking their bones ? |
| 8 | He expected in normal years a clear trading profit of £400 . |