Example sentences of "[vb past] expect [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dot kept expecting Mrs Hollidaye to ask her to come down and stay . |
| 2 | No one , of course , had expected Father Kendrick to stay . |
| 3 | Many observers had expected Rafeeuddin Ahmed , the UN Under-Secretary-General responsible for Cambodia since 1982 , to take charge of the operation . |
| 4 | Finubar had expected mud huts and primitive savages . |
| 5 | Financial markets had expected Mr Lawson to give a clear signal on when the pound will enter the exchange rate mechanism of the European Monetary System in a speech to the City at the Mansion House next Thursday . |
| 6 | Western diplomats had expected Mr Christopher to raise the issue of Syria 's tiny Jewish community , which was allowed to immigrate for much of last year , until Syria stopped granting exit visas . |
| 7 | The announcement came as a shock because they and other political observers had expected Mr Ben Ali to announce moves towards liberalisation in a speech he gave yesterday marking the second anniversary of his coming to power . |
| 8 | Tainted by the worst recession in 60 years , a record 1.05 million people out of work and a perception that Labor was fatigued after ten years in office , few had expected Mr Keating to scrape in . |
| 9 | ‘ I had expected Mr Beckenham would have been in contact with you at least , ma'am , ’ he said with a frown . |
| 10 | Until recently most analysts had expected house prices to begin to recover in early 1991 . |
| 11 | ( In last week 's Unigram issue we said to expect price reductions of around 40% . |