Example sentences of "expected the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed that he 'd expected the animal 's response to be more intense on the second day , but it actually scored lower on his scale . |
| 2 | That put Swansea 8–6 in front at half-time , but even then the Aussies could n't have expected the storm that awaited them in the second half . |
| 3 | I agree , she would not normally have expected the remainder to fall in and be useful to her , but of course if she had had children , it would have been valuable to them . ’ |
| 4 | He then talked about the changes in the power blocs , adding that those like himself who had expected the coherence of Europe to develop strongly had found the reality ‘ disappointing ’ . |
| 5 | He had expected the sack at the time , but strangely enough he had had more than his share of work from that day on . |
| 6 | We would have expected the fraction to be approximately one-third , because Kleisthenes divided Attica into three , not four : city , coast and inland . |
| 7 | Therefore one would have expected the proportion of severe pancreatitis to decrease . |
| 8 | Marx had expected the communists to come to power in the most developed industrial societies of the West , where there would already be considerable accumulated wealth , scientific knowledge , and industrial capital to provide well-being for all . |
| 9 | But not even they could have expected the rigours of Wendover Woods next to RAF Halton . |
| 10 | Theologians and others should have no special influence , except that , from them would be expected the contribution of those ‘ pearls of wisdom ’ which they , by virtue of their training and studies , are best equipped to extract from the religions and scriptural writings of the past . |
| 11 | What I had n't expected was the reaction we got here today which is that erm whilst there are smiling dis , he 's smiling now , there are smiling districts who might be pleased to be named as areas in which a major exception might be accommodated and I had n't expected the others would like a bit of it if there was one going too . |
| 12 | What is taxable is the benefit to the employee and one would have expected the quantum of that benefit to be assessed by reference to the value of the benefit to the employee . |
| 13 | Before visiting the remote north , I had rather expected the folk there to be rough , uncouth , possibly even hostile . |
| 14 | I had not expected the level of exposure , the narrowness of the arêtes , the commitment . |
| 15 | ‘ It was a disgusting and inexcusable act and I would have expected the sentence to reflect this , ’ said Gosport MP Peter Viggers . |
| 16 | THERE was no particular reason to have expected the creator of Asterix , the cuddly but cute Gallic mini-hero , or Obelix , the hefty menhir delivery-man , to be anything like his cartoon characters . |
| 17 | There is no trace of a lease for the adjacent Coniston Manor at this period though one would have expected the Champions to have taken this " sett " if it had been available . |
| 18 | It is expected the £3 tickets for the show will sell out quickly . |
| 19 | This peculiar state of affairs mystified me , as I had expected the presence of a local bus IDE host card to make itself felt in a big way . |
| 20 | The princess , looking tanned and relaxed , led her sons into a waiting minibus when the party arrived in London and it is expected the boys will join their father this weekend . |
| 21 | And though , as Lachlan had planned , they had expected the attack in the morning , they were quite happy when their lookouts reported the Macleans ' approach in the early evening . |
| 22 | One would also have expected the density fluctuations in such a model to have led to the formation of many more primordial black holes than the upper limit that has been set by observations of the gamma ray background . |
| 23 | It 's expected the Ministry of Defence will receive up to forty tenders for the Delta Wing jet , including nine from overseas . |
| 24 | With the Appeal Board clearing Durie it had been expected the caution would be expunged . |
| 25 | ‘ But if one of our lads had done something similar , I would have expected the Manchester City players to respond in the same way . |
| 26 | ‘ I had n't expected the papers to pick up on Thomas 's birth , ’ she went on , ‘ but when they did and when it was taken for granted that he was Simon 's I let that be , too . ’ |
| 27 | Gabriel was galled with shame , though of course he could have expected the Devil to betray him . |
| 28 | I had expected the women to be fairly distant cousins of the Emperors . |
| 29 | As expected the CU has strengthened the manufactured trade balance of West Germany ( D ) . |
| 30 | It was no particular shock when I found out ; I had expected the test to be positive . |