Example sentences of "[pron] have expect the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | In my job , I had expected the sick and the dying to trust God , and I had come to the Sahara hoping to discover whether I myself would keep the faith in adverse circumstances . |
2 | She had expected the royal apartments to be brimming with activity . |
3 | Harold Hobson , the chairman of the Central Electricity Board ( who had expected the top job in the new organisation himself ) , pointedly refused to work as Citrine 's deputy and resigned from the CEB prematurely . |
4 | They had expected the Prime Minister to appoint a third woman to his Cabinet . |
5 | Colin insists that they had expected the ensuing fuss . |
6 | Hardly anyone had expected the Japanese to surrender quite so quickly and , when they did and for the moment , as far as the Allies were concerned , hardly anything happened . |