Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] expected the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It seemed impossible he would escape detection , and with each yard he covered he expected the alarm to be raised from within the house . |
2 | Richardson admitted he expected the booing . |
3 | After her electrifying performance as an obsessive fan who helps Robert De Niro kidnap a talk show host in Martin Scorsese 's 1982 King Of Comedy , she has admitted she expected the phone to ring . |
4 | She is now in Towers Hospital , Leicester , where a spokesman said they expected the family to break the news to her in the next few days . |
5 | Analysts said they expected the group to have no big problems persuading shareholders to approve the restructuring plans at an extraordinary general meeting on December 21 . |
6 | AT&T said it expected the change on future earnings to be negligible and added that there would be no effect on cash flow . |
7 | Brent Walker said it expected the buyout negotiations ‘ would be successfully completed shortly ’ . |
8 | ( Ferdinando said he expected the profit on Mr Landor 's rooms was so enormous it covered the cost of the rest more than double . ) |
9 | John Kendall , economist at Baring Brothers , said he expected the market to continue to be firm next week . |
10 | Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt said he expected the project to proceed , but did not say whether the government would take the unprecedented step of overriding the commission ; environmentalists have pressed for a tunnel to be built instead . |