Example sentences of "expect [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet they never expected the Duke of Edinburgh to accompany the Queen everywhere , or Mark Phillips to be seen with Princess Anne . |
| 2 | The Republic had supplanted a symbolic structural feature — the monarchy , it attacked another — the church and expected the compliance of the army . |
| 3 | But Bristol City chairman Leslie Kew , also chairman of the strife-torn Anglo-Italian Cup said last night that he expected the competition to be staged again next year despite the appalling disciplinary record in this season 's tournament . |
| 4 | His emphasis on a one-party state surprised many Zimbabwean political analysts , who expected the issue to be quietly forgotten . |
| 5 | Analysts expected the imposition of this new ban to have a serious impact on Jordan 's debt-ridden farmers . |
| 6 | ‘ None of us expected the single to take off the way it did , ’ adds Dermot . |
| 7 | The UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar confirmed on Nov. 18 that he expected the release of the five remaining Western hostages by Christmas . |
| 8 | But they were separated from al-Dhouri and Jassim by a line of soldiers clutching their Kalashnikovs , as if they fully expected the platform to be stormed by the pre-pubescent performers . |
| 9 | It said ‘ Junk Shop ’ outside but I hardly expected the sign to be this literal . |
| 10 | ( Ferdinando said he expected the profit on Mr Landor 's rooms was so enormous it covered the cost of the rest more than double . ) |
| 11 | ‘ A fair day 's work for a fair day 's pay ’ was their motto and , if they expected the pay to satisfy them , they also confidently expected the work to satisfy everybody , including themselves . |
| 12 | Richardson admitted he expected the booing . |
| 13 | ‘ A fair day 's work for a fair day 's pay ’ was their motto and , if they expected the pay to satisfy them , they also confidently expected the work to satisfy everybody , including themselves . |
| 14 | There was a time when its readers expected the novel to inform or to instruct , to contribute to the definition of a direction for society . |
| 15 | He placed his flabby hand on the hot little forehead , and Edward expected the fever to disappear like magic . |
| 16 | When thwarted he would rage , shutting his eyes tight , opening his mouth and holding his breath before letting out a bellow of such terrifying power that Neil half expected the whole of Lydsett to come running to see which of them was tormenting the child . |
| 17 | But their offers were around £400m to £450m , while Littlewoods clearly expected the price of more than £500m . |
| 18 | Trent expected the hurricane to last between eight and ten hours . |
| 19 | She fully expected the basement door to be bolted . |
| 20 | But fans who expected the maestro to run through all of his favourites were disappointed . |
| 21 | Well aware that most workers were indifferent to foreign affairs , he fully expected the majority of them to be swept into fratricide by patriotic propaganda if war actually came . |
| 22 | Those who expected the election to lead to a radical change in domestic policy certainly found the first two years of the Kennedy era disappointing . |
| 23 | AT&T said it expected the change on future earnings to be negligible and added that there would be no effect on cash flow . |
| 24 | Part of herself , she thought , was killed , a tender , budding part ; the daisy-crowned young girl who would stay behind to haunt the old house , to appear in mirrors where the new owner expected the reflection of his own face , to flash whitely on dark nights out of the prickly core of the apple tree . |
| 25 | Sir Russell added that he expected the Chancellor 's action would provoke a strong response from his constituents . |
| 26 | After her electrifying performance as an obsessive fan who helps Robert De Niro kidnap a talk show host in Martin Scorsese 's 1982 King Of Comedy , she has admitted she expected the phone to ring . |
| 27 | My fears were shared by youthful friends and even adult relatives at times seemed to ‘ chivvy ’ us along as if they too expected the ghost train to rush by . |
| 28 | So you expected the King ? ’ |
| 29 | In this he was only following in Lanfranc 's footsteps , and it is clear that he expected the king to exercise more authority in ecclesiastical affairs than the more ‘ advanced ’ ecclesiastical theorists of his time thought tolerable . |
| 30 | But there are still many people shocked by the events of the past few days , who never expected the Army to be prepared to launch rocket and artillery attacks on civilian targets . |