Example sentences of "[pron] expected [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Bell said : ‘ I expected some trouble but not on this scale — they acted like animals . |
| 2 | I expected this place to be in chaos — instead , it 's an oasis of calm . |
| 3 | ‘ Galadriel , ’ muttered Gilly , not that she expected this bale of blubber to manage her real name . |
| 4 | She expected some fury but none was forthcoming and she glanced across at him to find his eyes were fixed on the mountains , his face sombre . |
| 5 | Her eyes appraised him and her thin fingers were spread towards him fan-wise , it was clear she expected some money . |
| 6 | erm so that y so that you expected this sort of measure of service and if you were told the , if you were told the circumstances you might have said well that 's okay , no problem . |
| 7 | We expected little advertising support for the first effort in our new format but it came anyway on the strength of our description . |
| 8 | From what we already knew about its audiences and programme content , we expected that television would have a stronger influence on public information and perceptions than on public attitudes and choices ; while the press , particularly the mass-selling tabloids , would have a stronger influence on public attitudes and choices than on public information and perceptions . |
| 9 | Anyway , at Stevenage Town Hall we told Ralph that we expected some money for these . |
| 10 | In a budget report presented in mid-1990 , the Minister of Finance , Kinza Clodumar , said that he expected that phosphate royalties would drop by A$10,000,000 from the 1989-90 figure of A$25,000,000 . |
| 11 | Dr Neil was not in any way surprised at McAllister 's reaction to his lovemaking ; he expected such modesty from a well brought up young girl , and her arms around his neck , her timid responses , fluttering though they were , told him that she felt for him what he felt for her , and further inflamed his own passion , while warning him to go gently . |
| 12 | I did n't say anything , though the way he had said it made it clear he expected some comment . |
| 13 | Perhaps he expected some protest from Constanza , a declaration , perhaps he hoped for it . |
| 14 | He says that he expected more mud slinging ; Dowty has been very gentlemanly so far . |
| 15 | What with John 's new fitness programme , and the salutary Atlantic air and everything , I myself expected some kind of halfhearted renewal . |