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

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1 I suppose I 'd expected a stunt-man who pulled off hair-raising feats for kicks .
2 Eventually he released her with what appeared to be reluctance , which was strange , she thought , because she would have expected a man with his inhibitions about women to have just brushed her mouth briefly and then dropped her like a glowing ember .
3 Had Norman Lamont been making his speech to the Commons 100 years ago , he would have worn a hat and commentators would have expected a rabbit to have been produced from it .
4 If they 'd played badly they might have expected a hiding .
5 English mathematics had been in a contemptible state for so long that one could hardly have expected a solution to such an important problem to come from that quarter .
6 Yes , but I would have thought that you know I M R O sh should of then I asked , I write and asked them the question , I r really would have expected a reply to come back , yes , we found this and so and so , but we then scraped a little bit further and erm .
7 She would never have expected a cheer .
8 They found the bridge , when they arrived there , to be all that they would have expected a bridge on such a yacht to be , with a plethora of expensive and largely unnecessary navigational aids , but in all respects perfectly innocuous .
9 She should have known — should have expected a scorpion to use subtle tactics .
10 I would have expected a letter from him .
11 You might have expected a howl of derision to greet this cry , but it did not come .
12 None of the subjects reported having expected a memory test and most reported finding it extremely difficult .
13 No subjects reported having expected a memory test even though many of them had already taken part in Study 1 .
14 None of the subjects reported having expected a memory test .
15 In view of the presence of the Prince there , and especially in the light of some critical remarks he had made recently about the IRA , I had expected a posse of police to be guarding the entrance gates .
16 So although I had expected a life of some leisure , I found myself lucky to be apprenticed to a carpenter in Kendal .
17 He had expected a rise in road duty , but was hoping for a clearer differential between diesel and petrol prices .
18 He had expected a butler or some obsequious manservant , at the least a maid or companion , to welcome them into a room shining with silver and silk carpets .
19 The paint frame had expected a delivery earlier that morning , until Haggerty 's had rung through to say the van had broken down .
20 But if she had expected a reaction of guilty surprise she was disappointed .
21 Selwyn Jones , who runs a nearby cockle processing plant , said he had expected a confrontation .
22 Selwyn Jones , who runs a nearby cockle processing plant , said he had expected a confrontation .
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