Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] expected the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had expected the women to be fairly distant cousins of the Emperors . |
| 2 | This peculiar state of affairs mystified me , as I had expected the presence of a local bus IDE host card to make itself felt in a big way . |
| 3 | It was no particular shock when I found out ; I had expected the test to be positive . |
| 4 | I had expected the room to smell of death , but on account of Mrs Mortimer — or else her apron — the room was dominated by the smell of roasting . |
| 5 | I had expected the cock to crow , that day . |
| 6 | He then talked about the changes in the power blocs , adding that those like himself who had expected the coherence of Europe to develop strongly had found the reality ‘ disappointing ’ . |
| 7 | And though , as Lachlan had planned , they had expected the attack in the morning , they were quite happy when their lookouts reported the Macleans ' approach in the early evening . |
| 8 | It seemed that he 'd expected the animal 's response to be more intense on the second day , but it actually scored lower on his scale . |
| 9 | The National Union of Mineworkers says it had expected the news but Trevor of the pit deputies ' union NACODS had this message for miners . |
| 10 | He had expected the sack at the time , but strangely enough he had had more than his share of work from that day on . |
| 11 | He had expected the police to have reappeared . |