Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] expect [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I seem to expect the whole happiness and sweetness to come from you ’ , he wrote as he warned Helen that she should find a real need for patience with him . |
| 2 | ‘ I had expected no other reply . |
| 3 | I had expected a sharper tongue in the office , a brisker and more brittle approach to the anarchic thoughtlessness of the girls . |
| 4 | For some reason I had expected a foreign accent ; but I could place this exactly . |
| 5 | I had expected an American senator to be as pompous and flatulent as a British MP , but George Crowninshield had proved affable and friendly . |
| 6 | She 'd married a sporting celebrity , so she 'd expected a certain amount of attention , but she was n't sure she appreciated Ace 's rather smug pleasure at looking at himself . |
| 7 | She had expected no other outcome , even if he had . |
| 8 | They had expected the Prime Minister to appoint a third woman to his Cabinet . |
| 9 | Colin insists that they had expected the ensuing fuss . |