Example sentences of "[adv] expected [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He obviously expected some sort of reaction . |
| 2 | He always expected other people to clean up after him . |
| 3 | We made amendments to our procedures on the advice of the support group , but we still expected negative comments . |
| 4 | In July the company had said that it then expected 32,000 people to take redundancy this year , up from the 20,000 forecast at the beginning of the year : now it says it expects 40,000 to go , 8000 of them in Europe — of which the UK share is 600 , and 4,000 of them in Asia . |
| 5 | We almost expected Red Indians ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought the horses I was riding had each way chances but I never expected four winners . |
| 7 | As a former member of his Household explained : ‘ He never expected this kind of reaction . |
| 8 | I half expected some floosie to open it but no , it was Charles . |