Example sentences of "have expect [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would have expected Esquire to be a little more imaginative than to jump on the anti-Essex bandwagon and to realize that you do n't have to be brainless to live in Braintree . |
| 2 | Of course , an absurd price is exactly what we would have expected Ephron to suggest in the circumstances . |
| 3 | Had he smiled I would have expected gold teeth . |
| 4 | Except , of course , she could never — ever — tell them what that folly had led to — even if , looking back , she could now honestly say that she had done nothing to provoke it , that she could have expected anger from Havvie at her changing her mind , but never that he would do as he did . |
| 5 | She would have expected anger , not this — nothingness . |
| 6 | About this time of year she 'd have expected business to be picking up , but instead it remains ominously quiet . |
| 7 | Actually , not one of its members is a day over 50 ( although all of them are coming close ) but you might reasonably have expected age to leave Daltrey , Townshend , and Entwistle looking worse than well-travelled . |
| 8 | Clarke explained that if Halsbury had won by such a majority he could not have expected elevation to a judgeship . |
| 9 | He had expected weakness to yield to strength . |
| 10 | Brian and Deborah Curley had expected champagne and flowers when they arrived at the four star hotel on the island of Tenerife after a perfect wedding . |
| 11 | He had expected money to answer every need . |
| 12 | Fortescue looked surprised , as if he had expected Athelstan to keep his mouth shut for the entire interview . |
| 13 | But where she had expected harshness she felt instead only the soft warmth of his lips on her throat , and a rush of longing coursed through her entire body , strong enough to make her buckle at the knees . |
| 14 | She had expected passion and had been prepared to bluff that away , but this was different . |
| 15 | She had expected mockery , and , judging by the unnatural stillness she felt in fitzAlan 's body , he had intended to mock her . |
| 16 | She had expected violence , she had thought her father would shout and roar at her , she was certain he would beat her . |
| 17 | Finubar had expected mud huts and primitive savages . |
| 18 | She had expected Fen to drive back into Little Kirkton , to one of the restaurants there , but instead he headed out into the country . |
| 19 | When the school had started , Robert had expected tobacconist 's sons , monolingual Turks , or youths with swarthy faces and hooked noses , clad in sheets . |
| 20 | Eloise was an accomplished hostess and Adolph had expected perfection in his home . |
| 21 | Kate Maybury had expected trouble ! |
| 22 | Breeze had expected opposition in this quarter , but Susan said that ‘ Factota Limited ’ was an inspiration , and promised for her part to do the housekeeping and give lessons to small children , if any could be found . |
| 23 | Until recently most analysts had expected house prices to begin to recover in early 1991 . |
| 24 | She had expected opulence , baroque furniture maybe , rich drapes . |
| 25 | She had expected pain , almost welcomed it as the payment for ridding herself of her despised virginity which had labelled her in her own mind as undesired — unloved . |