Example sentences of "expected the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet they never expected the Duke of Edinburgh to accompany the Queen everywhere , or Mark Phillips to be seen with Princess Anne . |
| 2 | The Republic had supplanted a symbolic structural feature — the monarchy , it attacked another — the church and expected the compliance of the army . |
| 3 | Once when he swung across the road to frighten a cyclist by passing within inches of him at forty miles an hour I expected the Feldwebel or the officer to be angry . |
| 4 | At one point he even went as far as to tell a group of American diplomats that he expected the United States to take over the " primary role " which the British had hitherto held in the Middle East . |
| 5 | It is true that even during the final talks in Moscow the American delegation had to keep a wary eye on those at home who argued against the surrender of the advantages which they expected the United States to derive from further tests above ground . |
| 6 | But Bristol City chairman Leslie Kew , also chairman of the strife-torn Anglo-Italian Cup said last night that he expected the competition to be staged again next year despite the appalling disciplinary record in this season 's tournament . |
| 7 | His emphasis on a one-party state surprised many Zimbabwean political analysts , who expected the issue to be quietly forgotten . |
| 8 | Analysts expected the imposition of this new ban to have a serious impact on Jordan 's debt-ridden farmers . |
| 9 | ‘ None of us expected the single to take off the way it did , ’ adds Dermot . |
| 10 | The UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar confirmed on Nov. 18 that he expected the release of the five remaining Western hostages by Christmas . |
| 11 | And having voted for party candidates , the electors expected the members returned to Parliament to support the program offered by their leaders at the election . |
| 12 | But they were separated from al-Dhouri and Jassim by a line of soldiers clutching their Kalashnikovs , as if they fully expected the platform to be stormed by the pre-pubescent performers . |
| 13 | It said ‘ Junk Shop ’ outside but I hardly expected the sign to be this literal . |
| 14 | ( Ferdinando said he expected the profit on Mr Landor 's rooms was so enormous it covered the cost of the rest more than double . ) |
| 15 | ‘ A fair day 's work for a fair day 's pay ’ was their motto and , if they expected the pay to satisfy them , they also confidently expected the work to satisfy everybody , including themselves . |
| 16 | The sting for the oil industry came in the Chancellor 's later acknowledgment that he expected the changes in the oil taxation system to yield £300 million in additional Government revenue in 1994-95 and about £400 million the following year . |
| 17 | Richardson admitted he expected the booing . |
| 18 | ‘ A fair day 's work for a fair day 's pay ’ was their motto and , if they expected the pay to satisfy them , they also confidently expected the work to satisfy everybody , including themselves . |
| 19 | There was a time when its readers expected the novel to inform or to instruct , to contribute to the definition of a direction for society . |
| 20 | He placed his flabby hand on the hot little forehead , and Edward expected the fever to disappear like magic . |
| 21 | When thwarted he would rage , shutting his eyes tight , opening his mouth and holding his breath before letting out a bellow of such terrifying power that Neil half expected the whole of Lydsett to come running to see which of them was tormenting the child . |
| 22 | But their offers were around £400m to £450m , while Littlewoods clearly expected the price of more than £500m . |
| 23 | During a visit on Nov. 8-10 by former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger , Qian Qichen on Nov. 8 reiterated that China expected the US government to take the initiative in restoring good bilateral relations . |
| 24 | The IMF said in its April 1991 forecast that it expected the US economy to shrink by 0.1 per cent in 1991 , before making a full recovery to 2.8 per cent growth in 1992 . |
| 25 | Trent expected the hurricane to last between eight and ten hours . |
| 26 | She fully expected the basement door to be bolted . |
| 27 | But fans who expected the maestro to run through all of his favourites were disappointed . |
| 28 | One younger Welsh hill farmer used to go up ‘ to help his father in evenings with the few cattle they had ’ , but afterwards at supper the older man expected the grandchildren to keep silent , and if they spoke ‘ he 'd look at us fiercely . ’ |
| 29 | Well aware that most workers were indifferent to foreign affairs , he fully expected the majority of them to be swept into fratricide by patriotic propaganda if war actually came . |
| 30 | Those who expected the election to lead to a radical change in domestic policy certainly found the first two years of the Kennedy era disappointing . |