Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] expect [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I arrived expecting high rise hotels and crowded shores , instead I was treated to pretty villages built in honey coloured stone and fields of poppies . |
| 2 | Although I have expected similar signs , our commissionings have on the whole been quiet affairs , at least until 1990 . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't know why you 're surprised , when you seem to expect other people to be naïve enough to remain blind to what you 're trying to do , ’ Maria flared edgily , thinking of Cavell especially . |
| 4 | ’ That neither did she , but she did expect common civility . ’ |
| 5 | She had expected raucous laughter , giggling , cries of disappointment — anything but the total silence that struck her eardrums with the cold effectiveness of a block of ice applied to her nervous system . |
| 6 | At best she had expected bland sympathy from him , but the sparks shooting in his eyes were genuine . |
| 7 | They do not necessarily have a lot of money but they do expect good value and a broad service . |