Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] expect the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Matt said afterwards he 'd half expected the whole thing would turn out to be a wild goose chase and I told him I thought the same . |
| 2 | Since the Soviet Union had no forces in the region , or only token forces in the 1950s and 1960s it is likely that Soviet leaders did not expect the Western allies to take these early proposals altogether seriously . |
| 3 | Although Sir Campbell did not expect the strong sales growth of the first half to continue , he anticipated satisfactory results for the full year . |
| 4 | He was certainly not one of the ‘ tame ’ scholars and did not expect the young people to be so . |
| 5 | Managers did not expect the two pieces of equipment would compete with each other . |
| 6 | He did not expect the French empire to be reconstituted at the end of the war . |
| 7 | Whilst we did not expect the same standard of play we should have expected something better . |
| 8 | And he certainly did n't expect the said Britton to be pointing at him in a manner usually affected by people like Darth Vader or Banquo . |
| 9 | Trent did n't expect the twelve thicknesses of cotton sheet to last but each minute that they held would gain precious distance . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , I must say I did n't expect the red carpet , but neither did I expect you all to look at me as though I were the devil incarnate ! |
| 11 | We had not expected the Prime Minister to look at her watch and say , ‘ I see it 's only eleven , so we have half an hour in hand . |
| 12 | I had not expected the twentieth century to show such a steep decline both in numbers and in quality , though I was less surprised to see the cultural importance of the nineteenth century . |
| 13 | He had n't expected the red carpet to be unrolled for him , but he had thought that at last he would be at work , setting up his meetings , on the move . |