Example sentences of "[pron] expected [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I expected to see a beach ! ’ she exclaimed . |
| 2 | I looked out to sea , almost as though I expected to see a puff of smoke and a beast with a forked tail appear from the darkness . |
| 3 | ‘ I expected to see a lot of back play but have been surprised by the lack of it , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ I expected to see the prince my husband at Mass this morning , my lady , she said . |
| 5 | I expected to see the laurel leaf in the back you know |
| 6 | I expected to wait a while for a spawning , but within two weeks they surprised me . |
| 7 | Every time I returned home I expected to find the police waiting . |
| 8 | The contract is a kick in the teeth for British workers at Westinghouse Signal , which expected to clinch the £100 million deal . |
| 9 | When Psyche lighted the lamp , she expected to see a beast , but she saw a god . |
| 10 | When the lonely howl of a wolf carried to them through the forest , Isabel jumped , glancing at the door as if she expected to see the beast standing there . |
| 11 | We expected to get a variety of other interesting specimens in the highlands of Arussi , where Ivor Buxton had discovered the mountain nyala in 1910 ; this large buck , resembling a greater kudu , was known only from the highlands of Arussi and Bale . |
| 12 | No one expected to reverse the pull of 14 years of refugee resettlement overnight , and there is little doubt that voluntary repatriation would pick up speed if the Hong Kong authorities used quiet persuasion instead of the big stick . |
| 13 | Rover had not set a figure on how many workers they expected to take the cash offer , he added . |
| 14 | The intention of the plaintiffs was , to my mind , clear ; they expected to recover the money if they won their action . |
| 15 | Teachers at Dover College described Richens as a brilliant sportsman and scholar who they expected to become a lawyer . |
| 16 | After a three-month stoppage , engineers said last week that they expected to have the plant running again in a fortnight . |
| 17 | The EC stated in the final declaration that it expected to implement an offer to remove or reduce duties on tropical products " once a satisfactory balanced conclusion has been reached in the Uruguay Round " . |
| 18 | When he opened his eyes , the taste of blood sharp in his mouth , he expected to see the assassin disappearing into the shadows of the park , but the bizarre Mr Pie was standing at the kerb looking back at him . |
| 19 | Mr Wiseman said he expected to announce the name shortly . |
| 20 | He says that he expected to pay a lot more . |
| 21 | It was not the moment she would have chosen , but the determined glint in Silas 's eye told her he expected to hear the truth . |
| 22 | He expected to get the money back after the weekend . |
| 23 | The Labour spokesman called for a quick decision on RUC requests for more manpower and Mr Brooke replied that he expected to make an announcement very soon . |
| 24 | He expected to find a drain . |
| 25 | When he finally reached Marseilles , he expected to find the fleet of over a hundred ships which he had commissioned in advance . |