Example sentences of "i expected the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once when he swung across the road to frighten a cyclist by passing within inches of him at forty miles an hour I expected the Feldwebel or the officer to be angry . |
| 2 | At £17.50 a ticket , I expected the band to come on for a bit longer or were they all dashing off to see Lady Chatterley too ? |
| 3 | And she thumped the cake down so hard in front of me that I expected the plate to shatter . |
| 4 | With 33% of Britons likely to get cancer and with cancer being the fear it is , I expected the queue to stretch to Weston-super-Mare and beyond . |
| 5 | I expected the Polynesians there to be just as subject to the ailments of the flesh as anywhere else in the world — especially polio — otherwise what would they need a doctor for ? |