Example sentences of "expected [noun pl] [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 | Had Voltaire used such a title as The Nature of Prejudice , his readers may have expected criticisms of clerics . |
| 3 | Leonora bristled as she marched into the other room , realising she 'd expected murmurs of appreciation to greet her offering . |
| 4 | Perhaps I had naively expected headlines of the HUMPHRY DAVY INVENTS MINERS ' SAFETY LAMP , ROSSINI WRITES FIRST OPERA , HENRY THOREAU BORN , kind of thing ! |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I suppose I 'd expected expressions of grief , probably pages and pages of it . |
| 6 | 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 . |