Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] expect [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I had expected their conversation was an example of golfing humour at its best . |
| 2 | You 've expected your shirts to be perfect , your home dean , your food prepared , your guests fawned over , a woman to keep your bed warm . |
| 3 | She had expected his disapproval , but there was only amusement in his eyes as he smiled , meeting her directness with what sounded like an invitation . |
| 4 | There can not have been any English fans who had expected their team to win the series , but the manner in which they were just being steam-rollered seemly scarcely credible . |
| 5 | Nor would they have expected their community 's problem to become the focus of one of the most intensive and long-lasting media campaigns the borough has experienced . |
| 6 | He had expected her denial but she clung to him saying , ‘ But not enough , Harry . |
| 7 | Pavlov 's dog analogizes to previous occasions when it learns to expect its dinner as before when the bell rings as before , the ape simulates when it ‘ apes ’ . |