Example sentences of "[vb past] expect the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed that he 'd expected the animal 's response to be more intense on the second day , but it actually scored lower on his scale . |
| 2 | People really began to expect the war to end in August , or at the latest in September . |
| 3 | I kept expecting the teacher to praise her , but instead she suddenly cried out , |
| 4 | Er , I make a point of never saying I told you so , but we did expect the upturn to come , because fundamentally stru er , Camco is a strong business . |
| 5 | Zakrewski confirmed that he did expect the legislation to hurt its Polish acquisition , DHI , which currently expects to turn over $15m in the market this year , and added ‘ The result will be that there will be some preferred companies who have been doing assembly that will be supported , and they will grow and make a huge amount of money by reselling imports , not by assembling ; it 's a scandal . |
| 6 | It was no particular shock when I found out ; I had expected the test to be positive . |
| 7 | I had expected the women to be fairly distant cousins of the Emperors . |
| 8 | And though , as Lachlan had planned , they had expected the attack in the morning , they were quite happy when their lookouts reported the Macleans ' approach in the early evening . |
| 9 | He then talked about the changes in the power blocs , adding that those like himself who had expected the coherence of Europe to develop strongly had found the reality ‘ disappointing ’ . |
| 10 | He had expected the sack at the time , but strangely enough he had had more than his share of work from that day on . |
| 11 | This peculiar state of affairs mystified me , as I had expected the presence of a local bus IDE host card to make itself felt in a big way . |
| 12 | Marx had expected the communists to come to power in the most developed industrial societies of the West , where there would already be considerable accumulated wealth , scientific knowledge , and industrial capital to provide well-being for all . |
| 13 | I had expected the room to smell of death , but on account of Mrs Mortimer — or else her apron — the room was dominated by the smell of roasting . |
| 14 | Dalgliesh had expected the room to be impressive , but it still surprised him . |
| 15 | Fenella had expected the silver door to feel cool and silvery and solid and was surprised when it actually felt extremely hot . |
| 16 | This time , most economists had expected the number of jobless to continue rising into next year at least . |
| 17 | Trent had expected the demand and understood it . |
| 18 | The National Union of Mineworkers says it had expected the news but Trevor of the pit deputies ' union NACODS had this message for miners . |
| 19 | He had expected the police to have reappeared . |
| 20 | Robbie had expected the dog to pursue them , but instead there was a splash and she realised he had gone into the water . |
| 21 | I had expected the cock to crow , that day . |