Example sentences of "expected [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And Bell said : ‘ I expected some trouble but not on this scale — they acted like animals . |
| 32 | Her eyes appraised him and her thin fingers were spread towards him fan-wise , it was clear she expected some money . |
| 33 | Perhaps he expected some protest from Constanza , a declaration , perhaps he hoped for it . |
| 34 | He obviously expected some sort of reaction . |
| 35 | What with John 's new fitness programme , and the salutary Atlantic air and everything , I myself expected some kind of halfhearted renewal . |
| 36 | I did n't say anything , though the way he had said it made it clear he expected some comment . |
| 37 | She expected some fury but none was forthcoming and she glanced across at him to find his eyes were fixed on the mountains , his face sombre . |
| 38 | He said that officials had now halved their projections of the number of Soviet Jews set to arrive in 1991 , and now expected some 200,000 , or only slightly more than in 1990 ( 185,000 ) . |
| 39 | He smiled and lifted his champagne glass to his lips and Ruth expected some sort of challenge thrown out but none came and a strange feeling percolated inside her , almost disappointment , but she shooed away the notion . |
| 40 | He also said he expected some of the banned garages and testers to appeal against the rulings , and meanwhile they were allowed to continue MOT testing . |
| 41 | Getting out to open the passenger door for her , he noticed that , in contrast to Francesca , she expected this and accepted the courtesy gratefully . |
| 42 | But with a lower costs base and 6 p.c. rise in advertising revenue expected this year , the company is dipping into reserves to lift the dividend total 11 p.c. to 16p , with a 13⅛p final on June 8 . |
| 43 | California 's Amgen , the jewel in the crown of American biotechnology , is set to become the industry 's first to enter the Fortune 500 list of America 's top companies , with revenue of $1 billion expected this year . |
| 44 | With further losses expected this year , strategy has been overhauled under the guidance of chairman Brian Garraway , who hands over to financial services managing director , Martin Broughton , in July . |
| 45 | She pledged that the Government would safeguard those that did not opt for trust status , but she expected this to be a minority . |
| 46 | ‘ Galadriel , ’ muttered Gilly , not that she expected this bale of blubber to manage her real name . |
| 47 | A large proportion of firms expected this expansion to continue throughout the 1980s . |
| 48 | There was obviously some sort of sexual element to it but I just did n't know what to do next and expected this man , who was about two or three years older than me , to , in some way , tell me or indicate to me and so I followed him without talking to him . |
| 49 | Numerous bidders expected this Fairchild to reach into the $ 35–45,000 range . |
| 50 | The duo face competition from at least five bank-led consortia , all vying to operate the network , which should be up and running by 1995 , with the licence award expected this autumn . |
| 51 | Few expected this year 's spring sales at Sotheby 's and Christie 's to do much to revive spirits , or prices . |
| 52 | As a former member of his Household explained : ‘ He never expected this kind of reaction . |
| 53 | No additions expected This can arise when , for example , a file contains records of policyholders under a policy no longer offered . |
| 54 | She knew that he had tried to give her the impression that he was going off on a promiscuous adventure and expected this to arouse in her both admiration and jealousy , but as Lydia 's misdemeanours were more of the spirit than of the flesh she found promiscuity not merely sinful but foolish and disgusting . |
| 55 | Nobody expected this : we can all remember the period of China-mania in the United States in the 1970s , and the anticipation of a ‘ tripolar world ’ . |
| 56 | erm so that y so that you expected this sort of measure of service and if you were told the , if you were told the circumstances you might have said well that 's okay , no problem . |
| 57 | If he expected this to frighten Sir John he succeeded . |
| 58 | I expected this place to be in chaos — instead , it 's an oasis of calm . |
| 59 | The Asian Development Bank expected this shift to improve the investment climate in the longer term . |
| 60 | Mainly light rain expected this evening the outbreaks should die out around midnight the rest of the night then being cloudy and misty with a little drizzle in places . |