Example sentences of "they expected [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Franks were also worried about how ‘ tough ’ Carter appeared — before they toured with the duo they expected Jim Bob and Fruitbat to beat them up . |
| 2 | The four main zaibatsu were more than able to supply the financial needs of the two main political parties , but in return they expected state support to continue . |
| 3 | Besides , it could be very profitable : PR firms set an inflated value on their own services , and they expected others to do the same . |
| 4 | In 1710 financiers in the City of London had formed the South Sea Company to bid for the right to use the privileges they expected Britain to get at the end of the war . |
| 5 | In common with most readers they expected poetry to deal with elegant , or at any rate , elevated topics ; they also believed that there was a special language for poetry which was quite different from the language of prose — and certainly far removed from that of daily conversation . |
| 6 | ‘ They expected telecommunications and roads to be modernized within two or three years , but it will take many , many , years . ’ |
| 7 | Now they expected information from him . |
| 8 | They expected workers to have little or no idea of their needs and to be out of sympathy with their interests or attitudes . |
| 9 | Ministers said last night they expected market pressures would force Ford to scrap their price rises within a few months , or they could be forced to discount their prices very heavily . |
| 10 | They expected diamonds to have a single atomic structure . |
| 11 | The war now being effectively over , they expected Richard Baxter to return to them . |
| 12 | They all wanted flattery and nonsense and if they did anything that was n't right they expected people to cover up for them . |
| 13 | Wholesalers reported an improvement in sales both year-on-year and compared with February , and said they expected volumes to keep up the pace this month . |