Example sentences of "[pron] expected " in BNC.

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1 They seemed happy about my victory in Germany and most of them expected me to win more races last year . ’
2 Neither of them expected it , especially with everyone listening in .
3 When everyone expected him to break into a nimble tune , he played a slow air that sounded Irish in the long luxuriant unfolding of each phrase .
4 Dorothea shook her head , angry with herself , for everyone expected her , rushed to help her , everyone , truly , was so kind and the Rector relied upon her industry .
5 Then , in 1964 he won the Masters again and everyone expected him at St Andrews for the Open Championship .
6 When the settlers got to Virginia , everyone expected the gentlemen of the party to run things , just as in England .
7 Marsh accepted his fate honourably , as everyone expected , and the Australians got on with the job of keeping their boot on the Indian throat .
8 Everyone expected her relationship with Gerald Grosvenor , the Duke of Westminster and Britain 's wealthiest aristocrat , to end in marriage .
9 In the end everyone expected a return on love , demanded a rebate of gratitude or respect .
10 When the campaign in North Africa ended in success for the Allies in May everyone expected Joe to come home , but his company went straight to Italy .
11 One of the first was the Camattini family , who left La Spezia , the great port and naval base on the Ligurian Sea which everyone expected to be bombarded by the British Fleet .
12 Of course — as Titmuss pointed out — had the Luftwaffe launched an all-out offensive on 3 September 1939 , as everyone expected , this scenario would have come about .
13 Contrary to what everyone expected , urban children suddenly subjected to the apparently healthy environment of fresh air and green fields did not show any marked improvement in health .
14 The Convention not only transferred the Crown to William and Mary , but also laid down certain terms for the new rulers in the document known as the Declaration of Rights , and if the offer of the Crown was not strictly speaking conditional upon William and Mary 's acceptance of these terms , it was clear that everyone expected that they were to abide by them .
15 President Truman did so in a campaign which no-one expected him to win , and he won .
16 The US Seniors ' Tour may outstrip the USPGA Tour in terms of waistlines and average age , but no-one expected its leading money winner to also claim higher earnings .
17 Nearly 30 millimetres of rain was recorded.Flood warnings had been issued … but no-one expected the river to rise so quickly … surging 10 feet above normal levels .
18 As for sociable hours , I would not be in this trade if I expected to work nine to five , Monday to Friday .
19 I expected Father to chase me , but when I reached the corner and looked back he was just standing there talking to the thin man .
20 Pike , as I expected , confirmed that this was work which was normally done by the statistical clerks .
21 I expected it to be hard because , when we tested here last February , I did a full race distance and it was hard work , very painful . ’
22 As I made clear to my officers at that briefing , I expected — and received — the very highest standards of policing , sensitivity and courtesy .
23 I expected better from someone half my age .
24 The interior was just as I expected from the books I had seen at school .
25 As I expected , the jeeps were now arriving with the Commando dead and wounded from the areas around the village .
26 I expected him to rise .
27 I expected it to be light , cos I thought it was morning on account of all the people all hurrying about .
28 I expected to pay for twin-lens versatility with loss of picture quality , but this was n't the case at all .
29 I expected ecological debate , the odd clash over vegetarianism and a hint of hippiness .
30 And my answer always was that I could not expect too much when I expected nothing at all for I never thought that anyone whom I could love , would stoop to love ME .
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