Example sentences of "[pron] expected [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expected Father to chase me , but when I reached the corner and looked back he was just standing there talking to the thin man . |
| 2 | Ruby had said she would be at the office again next morning by which time she expected Rain to have found something more profitable for her than keys . |
| 3 | Airships are not all that easily shot down , a disconcerting fact to pilots in the First World War who expected tracer to ignite hydrogen gas at once . |
| 4 | Rather as you expected East wins the first trick with the ten of diamonds , and at trick two leads the four of spades . |
| 5 | In common with most readers they expected poetry to deal with elegant , or at any rate , elevated topics ; they also believed that there was a special language for poetry which was quite different from the language of prose — and certainly far removed from that of daily conversation . |
| 6 | Transport minister Roger Freeman said yesterday he expected legislation to begin in the new year and be complete by October . |
| 7 | Parry recommended a revision of the practices of the construction industry , and said that he expected insurance costs to rise . |
| 8 | The article says : ’ Mr. Major disagreed with the delegation 's gloomy forecast of when the recovery in construction would begin , saying he expected industry to emerge from recession in the middle of next year . ’ |
| 9 | He expected Bunny to stay behind , but he was the first out of the door . |