Example sentences of "[pron] expected a [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expected a fanfare to greet me , or at least for Tony to fall to his knees in admiration . |
| 2 | I expected a struggle to keep up with the hearse ; instead , its response surprised me . |
| 3 | Because of this background , I expected a book called Feminism for Beginners to explain why all this happened when it did . |
| 4 | I knelt at once to pray and prayed most dutifully till morning when I expected a letter telling me Oreste had been taken . |
| 5 | X marked the spot where you expected a draw to take place . |