Example sentences of "expected the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then talked about the changes in the power blocs , adding that those like himself who had expected the coherence of Europe to develop strongly had found the reality ‘ disappointing ’ . |
| 2 | He had expected the sack at the time , but strangely enough he had had more than his share of work from that day on . |
| 3 | We would have expected the fraction to be approximately one-third , because Kleisthenes divided Attica into three , not four : city , coast and inland . |
| 4 | Therefore one would have expected the proportion of severe pancreatitis to decrease . |
| 5 | But not even they could have expected the rigours of Wendover Woods next to RAF Halton . |
| 6 | Theologians and others should have no special influence , except that , from them would be expected the contribution of those ‘ pearls of wisdom ’ which they , by virtue of their training and studies , are best equipped to extract from the religions and scriptural writings of the past . |
| 7 | What is taxable is the benefit to the employee and one would have expected the quantum of that benefit to be assessed by reference to the value of the benefit to the employee . |
| 8 | I had not expected the level of exposure , the narrowness of the arêtes , the commitment . |
| 9 | THERE was no particular reason to have expected the creator of Asterix , the cuddly but cute Gallic mini-hero , or Obelix , the hefty menhir delivery-man , to be anything like his cartoon characters . |
| 10 | This peculiar state of affairs mystified me , as I had expected the presence of a local bus IDE host card to make itself felt in a big way . |
| 11 | And though , as Lachlan had planned , they had expected the attack in the morning , they were quite happy when their lookouts reported the Macleans ' approach in the early evening . |
| 12 | It 's expected the Ministry of Defence will receive up to forty tenders for the Delta Wing jet , including nine from overseas . |
| 13 | I had expected the women to be fairly distant cousins of the Emperors . |
| 14 | It was no particular shock when I found out ; I had expected the test to be positive . |
| 15 | You would expect i i if it was because of an improvement in their standard of living , however slight , you would actually of expected the population from eighteen fifty to nineteen fifty to have increased even more would n't you ? |
| 16 | Who would ever have expected the pillar of the house to shake ? |
| 17 | Dalgliesh had expected the room to be impressive , but it still surprised him . |
| 18 | I had expected the cock to crow , that day . |
| 19 | This time , most economists had expected the number of jobless to continue rising into next year at least . |