Example sentences of "[verb] expect [adj] [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many workers said they 'd expected another round of closures despite the earlier announcement of a reprieve for some of the collieries . |
| 2 | ‘ I would n't have expected any relation of Caro 's to be such an old-fashioned fuddy-duddy . |
| 3 | Woolwich would have expected any refusal of payment to lead to collection proceedings which would have been gravely embarrassing for Woolwich , the more so as it would have been the only building society refusing to pay . |
| 4 | Woolwich would have expected any refusal of payment to lead to collection proceedings which would have been gravely embarrassing for Woolwich , the more so as it would have been the only building society refusing to pay . |
| 5 | Somehow she had expected six inches of semi-darkness , and half a face enquiring suspiciously what her business might be at this hour . |
| 6 | He had expected some kind of tart from Les Halles and found a respectable Jewish matron in an unbecoming colour . |
| 7 | Being right in line with the posts we had expected some sort of obstacle to look round but not a moving one ! |
| 8 | They had expected some throwing of stones and worse from whatever straggle of peasants ventured down from the hills to the banks , and that they received . |