Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [pron] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every time I returned home I expected to find the police waiting . |
| 2 | Our usual nervousness about meeting clients seemed more intense this bright morning for neither of us knew quite what to expect of the senator 's children . |
| 3 | No indeed , one never knew quite what to expect from the gentry . |
| 4 | She knew vaguely what to expect . |
| 5 | BORLAND International said yesterday it expected its second-quarter results to beat analysts ' expectations after buoyant sales of Paradox , the US software company 's database product . |
| 6 | Wolfgang Roller , chairman of Dresdner Bank , said yesterday he expected long-term rates to fall by nearly two points and inflation to average 4 p.c. as the German economy recovers . |
| 7 | Transport minister Roger Freeman said yesterday he expected legislation to begin in the new year and be complete by October . |
| 8 | A US military spokesman , Colonel Fred Peck , said yesterday he expected about 4,200 troops to travel by sea from Mogadishu to Kismayu within the next 24 hours . |
| 9 | AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Paul Keating said today he expected to discuss his country 's push to become a republic with the Queen during his stay at Balmoral next week . |
| 10 | She said is he taking anybody and I said well I expect so . |