Example sentences of "[pron] expected [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Much nicer than I expected from the particulars , ’ she added . |
| 2 | The interior was just as I expected from the books I had seen at school . |
| 3 | Its single dimension in a DIM statement would be the maximum number of names you expected in the table less 1 . |
| 4 | Not what one expected of the wife of the senior partner , Tim observed , thinking smugly of his own immaculately turned-out Patrice , who would refuse to eat if she put on even an extra pound and who would as soon leave the house naked as without make-up . |
| 5 | The three men got away with six times the amount they expected from the raid on a West Auckland Post Office . |
| 6 | Ten minutes later , Mr and Mrs Crumwallis , returning earlier than they expected from the wine and cheese do , heard even from their quarters the noise from the boarding section . |