Example sentences of "expect a [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | City analysts had expected a further £50m worth of debt repayment during the month . |
| 2 | He 'd expected a clandestine rendezvous — curtained windows , locked doors — not a gypsy encampment . |
| 3 | Too much to expect a new pair of arms to grow out of her ribs , or her coccyx to elongate so enormously . |
| 4 | The capital fund ( £140 ) was deployed to help offset the deficit , and plans made to expect a further £300 deficit in 1916 . |
| 5 | The sailors , expecting a large fish or perhaps a shark , slit open the paunch and discovered James Bartley : unconscious , his face , neck and hands bleached white by the gastric fluids , but still alive . |