Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] expect [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd expected some Chart Show clothes horses purveying diluted Techno , not an androgynous keyboardist , a commanding dancer and the mad hatter MC who 'd just as soon sing the praises of spliff as he 'd stare out the crowd , bug-eyes in effect . |
| 2 | Normally , I would n't care two hoots , but having come home unexpectedly , and with the thought of our marriage dazzling me , I 'm so happy that I keep expecting some obstacle to turn up . |
| 3 | Dragged myself to the doctor who told me I had to expect such things at my age and prescribed vitamin pills . |
| 4 | The riot had started from nothing ; nobody had expected any trouble . |
| 5 | She had expected more censure , more blame , but instead Fen seemed to be taking everything upon himself . |
| 6 | Of course , one has to expect such things to occur amongst maids and footmen , and a good butler should always take this into account in his planning ; but such marrying amongst more senior employees can have an extremely disruptive effect on work . |
| 7 | ‘ We do expect these interest rate cuts to be passed on as quickly as possible . |
| 8 | Being right in line with the posts we had expected some sort of obstacle to look round but not a moving one ! |
| 9 | We have to expect more wastage , ca n't keep putting it in and out of the fridge , could poison somebody . |
| 10 | Many workers said they 'd expected another round of closures despite the earlier announcement of a reprieve for some of the collieries . |
| 11 | They had expected some throwing of stones and worse from whatever straggle of peasants ventured down from the hills to the banks , and that they received . |
| 12 | He had expected some kind of tart from Les Halles and found a respectable Jewish matron in an unbecoming colour . |
| 13 | While chairman David Gare said the group performed well throughout the year , he had expected this year 's figures to be better than last . |
| 14 | The tension drifted from Blufton 's eyes , as if he had expected another challenge to his veracity . |