Example sentences of "[pers pn] expected [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At any moment I expected one of the masters , placed at strategic intervals to stop a guy taking short cuts or lighting up a Havana cigar , to leap out from a place of concealment , brandishing The Times and bellowing , ‘ Come on , Britton ! |
| 2 | I expected more of you but perhaps you deserve a second chance . ’ |
| 3 | She pledged that the Government would safeguard those that did not opt for trust status , but she expected this to be a minority . |
| 4 | For various reasons , we expected little of the sitting hen . |
| 5 | He also said he expected some of the banned garages and testers to appeal against the rulings , and meanwhile they were allowed to continue MOT testing . |
| 6 | Somehow he expected TOP to be different . |
| 7 | After the breakdown of talks in London he said he expected most of the cuts to fall on Merseyside 's Halewood plant . |
| 8 | He said he expected most of the cuts to fall on Merseyside 's Halewood plant . |