Example sentences of "i expected a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expected a fanfare to greet me , or at least for Tony to fall to his knees in admiration . |
| 2 | I expected a struggle to keep up with the hearse ; instead , its response surprised me . |
| 3 | I expected a hanging , at least . ’ |
| 4 | I would begin Spanish now just to reassure myself that I expected a future in which I could pick up past threads . |
| 5 | I expected a slap but Mrs Bullivant just stepped over us saying she 'd be back later , after she 'd attended Mrs Groves who was having her first . |
| 6 | I expected a reply somewhat like that . |
| 7 | Because of this background , I expected a book called Feminism for Beginners to explain why all this happened when it did . |
| 8 | I knelt at once to pray and prayed most dutifully till morning when I expected a letter telling me Oreste had been taken . |
| 9 | On his return he puzzled me by behaving exactly as I expected an S.S.O. to behave . |