Example sentences of "expect the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Yet they never expected the Duke of Edinburgh to accompany the Queen everywhere , or Mark Phillips to be seen with Princess Anne . |
2 | The Republic had supplanted a symbolic structural feature — the monarchy , it attacked another — the church and expected the compliance of the army . |
3 | But Bristol City chairman Leslie Kew , also chairman of the strife-torn Anglo-Italian Cup said last night that he expected the competition to be staged again next year despite the appalling disciplinary record in this season 's tournament . |
4 | His emphasis on a one-party state surprised many Zimbabwean political analysts , who expected the issue to be quietly forgotten . |
5 | Analysts expected the imposition of this new ban to have a serious impact on Jordan 's debt-ridden farmers . |
6 | The UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar confirmed on Nov. 18 that he expected the release of the five remaining Western hostages by Christmas . |
7 | But they were separated from al-Dhouri and Jassim by a line of soldiers clutching their Kalashnikovs , as if they fully expected the platform to be stormed by the pre-pubescent performers . |
8 | It said ‘ Junk Shop ’ outside but I hardly expected the sign to be this literal . |
9 | ( Ferdinando said he expected the profit on Mr Landor 's rooms was so enormous it covered the cost of the rest more than double . ) |
10 | The sting for the oil industry came in the Chancellor 's later acknowledgment that he expected the changes in the oil taxation system to yield £300 million in additional Government revenue in 1994-95 and about £400 million the following year . |
11 | When thwarted he would rage , shutting his eyes tight , opening his mouth and holding his breath before letting out a bellow of such terrifying power that Neil half expected the whole of Lydsett to come running to see which of them was tormenting the child . |
12 | But their offers were around £400m to £450m , while Littlewoods clearly expected the price of more than £500m . |
13 | Well aware that most workers were indifferent to foreign affairs , he fully expected the majority of them to be swept into fratricide by patriotic propaganda if war actually came . |
14 | AT&T said it expected the change on future earnings to be negligible and added that there would be no effect on cash flow . |
15 | Part of herself , she thought , was killed , a tender , budding part ; the daisy-crowned young girl who would stay behind to haunt the old house , to appear in mirrors where the new owner expected the reflection of his own face , to flash whitely on dark nights out of the prickly core of the apple tree . |
16 | But there are still many people shocked by the events of the past few days , who never expected the Army to be prepared to launch rocket and artillery attacks on civilian targets . |
17 | It seemed impossible he would escape detection , and with each yard he covered he expected the alarm to be raised from within the house . |
18 | At every moment she expected the girl behind the desk to call her back : ‘ Hey , you ! ’ and question her right to be here . |
19 | When the settlers got to Virginia , everyone expected the gentlemen of the party to run things , just as in England . |
20 | She had been named regional marketing services manager and expected the job to be confirmed . |
21 | I never expected the job to be perfect but I was surprised by the nature of the problem . |
22 | The public , unlike Pitt , expected the enemy at least to make the attempt and , with nerves at full stretch , there were the inevitable false alarms . |
23 | LMS was viewed as being very similar to the pilot schemes , although the heads ' opinions tended to be related to how kind they expected the formula to be to their situation . |
24 | ‘ You never expected the news of your engagement to Mr Massingham to stay a secret for long , did you ? ’ |
25 | No one , including its sponsors , expected the vote of no confidence to pass ; it did so by one vote because a former minister had overslept . |
26 | I do n't know how many kids he has ( Faldo has two , with a third expected the week of the Masters ) but I find it amazing he can combine both ways of life . |
27 | While not giving details of the pricing , he said that the price-performance curve on the 80486 is the basis for pricing of the Pentium and that he expected the sort of dynamic that applied to the 80486 to apply to the Pentium as well — the 80486 being introduced at $900 to $1,000 and falling to $200 over a period of four years — at a rate of 30% per year . |
28 | ‘ I knew I had landed my 100th winner , ’ Charlie told me ‘ but I never expected the sort of reaction I received from the crowd . |
29 | Nobody expected the pupils to be paragons of perfection The standards the principal expected of herself were a different matter entirely . |
30 | Listeners expected the radio to be relevant to problems as they saw them . |