Example sentences of "[pron] expected a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end everyone expected a return on love , demanded a rebate of gratitude or respect . |
| 2 | I would begin Spanish now just to reassure myself that I expected a future in which I could pick up past threads . |
| 3 | But I was comforted to discover that these highways are antiquities , built by some unfortunate landowner who expected a visit from the king . |
| 4 | In the past , this did not mean that we would not move from company to company , it most certainly did not mean that we ha that we thought we had a job for life , but it did mean that we expected a degree of permanence and improvement as part of the reward for our endeavours and labour . |
| 5 | ( Surprised , though ; one expected a Swede to be neurotic — but a Scot ! ) |
| 6 | they expected , they expected a lot of er applications . |
| 7 | And they expected a lot of but they did n't expect that many . |
| 8 | Presenting the seventh development plan ( 1991-97 ) to the National Assembly on Nov. 19 , Masire said that he expected a slowdown in revenue in the coming period and that the private sector would have to play a greater role in diversifying the economy and reducing the dependence on mineral exports . |
| 9 | Stok sipped his drink and waited as though he expected a round of applause . |
| 10 | Best who was at a Lions selection meeting in Edinburgh yesterday morning , reckoned the margin and manner of Scotland 's 20-0 victory would certainly have England worried and that he expected a cracker of a game on Saturday week at Twickenham , where Scotland have won only twice , in 1971 and 1983 , since the Second World War . |