Example sentences of "we expected [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We expected handshakes all round , the departure of the PM to affairs of state , and an aide leading us to an ante-room for ginger snaps and coffee . |
| 2 | ‘ We expected players would serve to Jimmy 's forehand ’ , explains Segura ‘ not his strong two fisted backhand . |
| 3 | We expected sabotage from the Labour extremists and hired two 100,000 watt generators in case the electrical sub-station was cut off . |
| 4 | We expected people to just come and go , but most did n't — they had a great get together . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We expected Uri to bend a few spoons but we did n't expect the viewers to bend the truth , ’ he said . |
| 6 | We expected Michael Foot , Roy Jenkins and Tony Wedgwood Benn to stand , but when Denis Healey and Tony Crosland also announced they were candidates , my team calculated that I would lose a number of votes to them , for the three of us were close in our thinking and attitudes . |
| 7 | Still , we were hopeful of the future of the still young department , when the decision was made to seek CNAA validation for the courses offered by the College , and we prepared to rewrite ours to take account of our experience , and to justify our intentions more fully than we had had to do before to critics from whom we expected scepticism rather than sympathy . |