Example sentences of "[noun] expect [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He went to the door , opened it and looked down the steps expecting to see the burly figure of the constable emerge and climb the steps to meet him , but to John 's surprise there was nobody at all . |
2 | If Gorbachev expects to untie the Gordian knot , he has over-estimated his powers . |
3 | Both companies expected to bring the bass Vladimir Ognovenko to sing Boris and the mezzo-soprano Irina Bogatcheva . |
4 | The MoD expects to select the new missile design this spring , but the weapon will not be in service until 1986 or 1987 . |
5 | They would be at risk from the vastly increased number of cars and heavy lorries expected to use the new tunnel . |
6 | At that time , Rommel was in retreat and the Eighth Army expected to enter the major port of Benghazi any day . |
7 | The study to which Minerva refers , by Sepkoski et al , compared women who received epidural analgesia , without randomisation , with poorly matched controls who had no pain relief ; matching was based on criteria expected to affect the placental transfer of the local anaesthetic bupivacaine . |