Example sentences of "[vb past] expect [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Some people did expect an awful lot from those youngsters for the few shillings they paid them . |
| 3 | Others , who unlike the Combined Operations staff , had expected a second front in Europe that summer , saw what forces would be needed to invade Europe . |
| 4 | The first excursion of the new government in foreign affairs was a bitter disappointment to those who had expected a real change in American policy abroad . |
| 5 | I had expected a sharper tongue in the office , a brisker and more brittle approach to the anarchic thoughtlessness of the girls . |
| 6 | The fall in seasonally adjusted unemployment of 22,000 last month was even more of a surprise , at a time when forecasters had expected a further rise of 35,000 . |
| 7 | Neither Marshal Joffre , General Foch ( his deputy in the north ) nor Sir John' French had expected a German attack in Flanders . |
| 8 | Harold Hobson , the chairman of the Central Electricity Board ( who had expected the top job in the new organisation himself ) , pointedly refused to work as Citrine 's deputy and resigned from the CEB prematurely . |
| 9 | She had expected the royal apartments to be brimming with activity . |
| 10 | It is possible that , not being aware of the limitations brought about by the Project 's staffing numbers , non-participants had expected an unreasonable level of support . |
| 11 | I had expected an American senator to be as pompous and flatulent as a British MP , but George Crowninshield had proved affable and friendly . |