Example sentences of "[vb past] expect [det] [noun sg] " 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 . |