Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Daak had been brought to join them , Bernice had expected Ace to run to him ; instead , she just smiled crookedly and raised a hand in greeting . |
| 2 | Marcus seemed to expect this , though usually he had little to say to Ludens . |
| 3 | Celia had expected this . |
| 4 | Marguerite 's voice was warm when Jenna had expected another burst of either anger or distress . |
| 5 | Terrified , of course she was terrified ; Michael Pope had expected that . |
| 6 | Bill had expected that question , but he could not prevent there coming across his inward eye the memory of the grubby calendar in Onyx 's kitchen , with the new red ring round Thursday the twenty-ninth . |
| 7 | Cromer had expected all his staff to speak Arabic fluently and Garvin , after twenty years in Egypt , spoke the language like a native . |