Example sentences of "[vb past] expect [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd expected some Chart Show clothes horses purveying diluted Techno , not an androgynous keyboardist , a commanding dancer and the mad hatter MC who 'd just as soon sing the praises of spliff as he 'd stare out the crowd , bug-eyes in effect .
2 Many workers said they 'd expected another round of closures despite the earlier announcement of a reprieve for some of the collieries .
3 Now that 's fair enough because we 've actually bunged more in in terms of testing , we 're covered in testing , and we 've got temps who are less productive , so to an extent we , we , we , we ou our budget did expect that bump .
4 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 .
5 The riot had started from nothing ; nobody had expected any trouble .
6 He had expected some kind of tart from Les Halles and found a respectable Jewish matron in an unbecoming colour .
7 Being right in line with the posts we had expected some sort of obstacle to look round but not a moving one !
8 They had expected some throwing of stones and worse from whatever straggle of peasants ventured down from the hills to the banks , and that they received .
9 While chairman David Gare said the group performed well throughout the year , he had expected this year 's figures to be better than last .
10 Marguerite 's voice was warm when Jenna had expected another burst of either anger or distress .
11 The tension drifted from Blufton 's eyes , as if he had expected another challenge to his veracity .
12 She had expected more censure , more blame , but instead Fen seemed to be taking everything upon himself .
13 Dragged myself to the doctor who told me I had to expect such things at my age and prescribed vitamin pills .
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