Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] expect [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Formation flying on the photographic Aztec was easier than I had expected considering the airframe 's sleekness and the early jet engines ' reputation for poor acceleration . |
| 2 | I was desperate to prevent the angry outburst that I had expected in the restaurant happening here , in this even more public place . |
| 3 | The reassuring love she had expected from the house she found in a different measure from the three little dogs , friendly , even worshipful , and proffering no accusations of her neglectful absence — their care and pleasures important to her , she leaned against the car and waited while they took to the woods and the wild . |
| 4 | The upward slope of the function reflects the response of firms to an actual value for p which turns out to be greater or less than they had expected at the end of t - 1 . |
| 5 | Ask Computer Systems Inc warns that it will only break even , and may make a loss for its fiscal third quarter , adding that the poor profit forecast results from its failure to close about $10m in sales in the period but that does not necessarily mean the company permanently lost those sales ; the company said a significant amount of software licence sales it had expected for the quarter did not close in time . |
| 6 | But , if that was what he had to expect from the Russian , then that is what he would beware of . |
| 7 | Lyell resigned not because of some inherent conflict between science and religion , but because he enjoyed neither the prestige nor the remuneration he had expected from the post . |