Example sentences of "[verb] expect [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd expected to find a vacuous mess . |
2 | Whoever did the planning on this job could n't have expected to find a second person getting into the car . ’ |
3 | I could hardly have expected to hear a complete stranger making such a blatant and … and totally unwarranted assassination of my character . |
4 | Mercury had expected to provide a non-profit service with Cable and Wireless like its morale-booster during the Gulf war . |
5 | He had expected to have a little chat with his boy , but the headmaster had explained that he had been put to bed early because he had an important French test the next day . |