Example sentences of "expected [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she 'd expected signs of embarrassment or even an apology , it was obvious that she 'd miscalculated . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He had not expected Eleanor to beard his lodgings in Earls Court , especially as he had given Mrs Avery the same instructions about visitors as he had given Nurse Goodman . |
| 5 | Clarke explained that if Halsbury had won by such a majority he could not have expected elevation to a judgeship . |
| 6 | Had Voltaire used such a title as The Nature of Prejudice , his readers may have expected criticisms of clerics . |
| 7 | Leonora bristled as she marched into the other room , realising she 'd expected murmurs of appreciation to greet her offering . |
| 8 | I had expected Gillis to be long since dead or at best a doddering ninety-year-old . |
| 9 | He had not expected Rain to be there and definitely expected her to leave before he did . |
| 10 | About this time of year she 'd have expected business to be picking up , but instead it remains ominously quiet . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It had been a stupid omission , but then she 'd left so unexpectedly and in such a rush ; besides , she 'd expected Suzie to be at the address she 'd been given . |
| 13 | I 'd expected Famlio to be patrolling in deep space , as usual , giving me room to manoeuvre and avoid them . |
| 14 | He had not expected Wang to be so upset , so patently indignant . |
| 15 | ’ Perhaps it was the estrangement of Washington perhaps that he had n't expected Agnes at the Smithsonian but it had been a surprising thrill to see the familiar smile in the crowd . |
| 16 | Perhaps I had naively expected headlines of the HUMPHRY DAVY INVENTS MINERS ' SAFETY LAMP , ROSSINI WRITES FIRST OPERA , HENRY THOREAU BORN , kind of thing ! |
| 17 | ‘ Well , I suppose I 'd expected expressions of grief , probably pages and pages of it . |
| 18 | Eloise was an accomplished hostess and Adolph had expected perfection in his home . |
| 19 | Never would he have expected encounters with an assault force of Chelonians and the galaxy 's most notorious criminal in the space of a day . |