Example sentences of "have expect [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It took her a moment to realize that she 'd expected Daak to add his comment , and that he had n't done so .
2 ‘ I would n't have expected claims to become due before 2005 or 2010 , so the payment has been accelerated . ’
3 Of course , an absurd price is exactly what we would have expected Ephron to suggest in the circumstances .
4 From the title , some might have expected Lilley to give an indication of his hopes for revival in the near future .
5 Actually , not one of its members is a day over 50 ( although all of them are coming close ) but you might reasonably have expected age to leave Daltrey , Townshend , and Entwistle looking worse than well-travelled .
6 It was how he would have expected Frankie to react .
7 When she threw herself down on the grass , he had expected Underwood to take advantage of the situation , but he sat upright and apart .
8 He had expected weakness to yield to strength .
9 He had expected money to answer every need .
10 They had expected game-birds to benefit from an increased food supply of insects as farmers stopped spraying pesticides to protect their cereal crops .
11 Fortescue looked surprised , as if he had expected Athelstan to keep his mouth shut for the entire interview .
12 Hari felt a rush of disappointment , she had expected Lewis to jump at the chance of earning some money but it seemed he was reluctant to take her venture seriously .
13 She had expected Fernando to turn up at the airport with his arms full of red roses and promises .
14 She had expected Fen to drive back into Little Kirkton , to one of the restaurants there , but instead he headed out into the country .
15 It was not a decision he had expected Massingham to welcome , and nor had he .
16 And if Emily had expected Craig to ride in on a white charger and save the day , she had been doomed to disappointment .
17 Prior to the Miyagi defeat most commentators had expected Miyazawa to survive as party leader at least until the elections for half of the 252 upper house seats , scheduled for July .
18 This was the sort of look Dexter had expected Blufton to wear permanently , the calculating glance of a businessman forced to take a prickly decision , weighing risks and benefits against a tight deadline .
19 School was over for the day and Sara had expected Jenny to arrive before this .
20 Since the introduction of A levels , English , Welsh , and Northern Irish schools , unlike schools in Scotland , Europe , or America , have expected pupils to study at most three examinable subjects in their years in the sixth form , these three being generally either all arts or all science subjects , though mathematics has been found commonly on either side of the divide .
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