Example sentences of "[pron] expected [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I expected a wee charge from Middlesbrough early on .
2 I expected a high-powered event , with dozens , if not hundreds of people present .
3 I 'd therefore grown used to getting a certain amount of respect from other drivers , so when I found one of the clapped-out Toyotas favoured by Asian families in my path one morning I expected a free passage .
4 For a moment I expected a knuckle-rapping response , but after a brief hesitation , he said , ‘ My verse was obscure because I was obscure to myself .
5 She expected a loud shout of .
6 She expected an angry response , and it rather unnerved her when it did n't come .
7 Those who expected a predictable finale to this unpredictable match got far more than they anticipated .
8 Even rewards such as these were a shade oblique for those who expected a direct return upon money invested .
9 Clubs such as this were rather like workshops with the old pros as time-served tradesmen who expected the young apprentices to clean their boots and learn their trade .
10 ‘ And you expected no such visitors to the priory ? ’
11 We expected a big postbag but nothing could have prepared us for the fantastic response we received !
12 We expected a physical game and we certainly got one .
13 No one expected the pastoral Masai to go out to work en masse as agricultural labourers for the Europeans , and so their officers were spared the necessity of acting as labour recruiters — in itself enough to lighten the heart of any administrative officer in Kenya .
14 Last night the grieving couple were still baffled by the tragedy that struck down six-year-old Elizabeth a week after doctors said they expected a full recovery from a brain tumour .
15 The reaction of local farmers to this disruption of their normal farming activity was to wait the situation out , as they expected a high price for their lands .
16 And what is true for you would be true for every other supplier : they too will supply more than the natural level if the price on their island is above what they expected the average price to be , and less if it is below .
17 Delegates indicated that the next full CODESA meeting would be held in April ( rather than in March as originally intended ) , when they expected the working groups to have made substantive progress .
18 But as I watched him pick his way along the lifeless paths , I understood how much of him expected the whole world to be mournful now that Montaine had abandoned it .
19 Forecasting nil growth in the market this year , the company said it expected a slight upturn in the final quarter of 1993 but its total truck sales would not exceed last year 's 32,000 .
20 It expected the initial ratio would be 1:1 during development , building to five clients to every server during deployment later on .
21 He said he expected a substantial part of that money to be used as a ‘ starter ’ sum for Darlington schools St Augustines and St Bedes .
22 He expected a celebratory meal on re-entry into this life , and a litre of his own wine from the most recent good vintage .
23 When told it could , Postelnicu made it clear that he expected a regular supply of Scotch to be discreetly deposited there .
24 Mr Ebbert warned that the company would have to continue operating at reduced output levels for the immediate future , even though he expected a modest improvement in total UK new car sales this year — a rise of perhaps about 7 per cent to 1.7 million .
25 Prost said he expected a tough race but was satisfied with the performance of his car .
26 Akashi , during a visit to Japan on March 11 , said that he expected the Japanese government to contribute a third of UNTAC 's estimated total cost of US$1,900 million .
27 On July 21 the Finance Minister , Nasir Abdel allah al Rawdan indicated that the government did not intend to borrow the entire sum authorized by the decree ; he expected the actual amount borrowed to be less than $24,000 million .
28 A United Kingdom Foreign Office spokesman welcomed the development and said that he expected the European Communities ( EC ) to move " swiftly " to lift its bans on the import of South African iron , steel and of gold coins .
29 He expected the full year contribution to be unchanged from £143m .
30 As England 's most capped cricketer , he expected an early telephone call once the team was finalised on Friday .
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