Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] expect [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose I 'd expected a stunt-man who pulled off hair-raising feats for kicks . |
| 2 | Mr. Lennis sent for me and said that Mr. Andrew was feeling run down , and had gone for a cruise in one of the ships , the Emily T. I kept expecting a letter or a postcard from him , but nothing came . |
| 3 | I kept expecting the teacher to praise her , but instead she suddenly cried out , |
| 4 | In view of the presence of the Prince there , and especially in the light of some critical remarks he had made recently about the IRA , I had expected a posse of police to be guarding the entrance gates . |
| 5 | So although I had expected a life of some leisure , I found myself lucky to be apprenticed to a carpenter in Kendal . |
| 6 | I had expected the women to be fairly distant cousins of the Emperors . |
| 7 | This peculiar state of affairs mystified me , as I had expected the presence of a local bus IDE host card to make itself felt in a big way . |
| 8 | It was no particular shock when I found out ; I had expected the test to be positive . |
| 9 | I had expected the room to smell of death , but on account of Mrs Mortimer — or else her apron — the room was dominated by the smell of roasting . |
| 10 | I had expected the cock to crow , that day . |
| 11 | After that she came to expect a kiss whenever we met or parted — if we were alone , of course . |
| 12 | But if she had expected a reaction of guilty surprise she was disappointed . |
| 13 | Er , I make a point of never saying I told you so , but we did expect the upturn to come , because fundamentally stru er , Camco is a strong business . |
| 14 | And though , as Lachlan had planned , they had expected the attack in the morning , they were quite happy when their lookouts reported the Macleans ' approach in the early evening . |
| 15 | It seemed that he 'd expected the animal 's response to be more intense on the second day , but it actually scored lower on his scale . |
| 16 | Zakrewski confirmed that he did expect the legislation to hurt its Polish acquisition , DHI , which currently expects to turn over $15m in the market this year , and added ‘ The result will be that there will be some preferred companies who have been doing assembly that will be supported , and they will grow and make a huge amount of money by reselling imports , not by assembling ; it 's a scandal . |
| 17 | The National Union of Mineworkers says it had expected the news but Trevor of the pit deputies ' union NACODS had this message for miners . |
| 18 | He had expected a rise in road duty , but was hoping for a clearer differential between diesel and petrol prices . |
| 19 | He had expected a butler or some obsequious manservant , at the least a maid or companion , to welcome them into a room shining with silver and silk carpets . |
| 20 | Selwyn Jones , who runs a nearby cockle processing plant , said he had expected a confrontation . |
| 21 | Selwyn Jones , who runs a nearby cockle processing plant , said he had expected a confrontation . |
| 22 | He had expected the sack at the time , but strangely enough he had had more than his share of work from that day on . |
| 23 | He had expected the police to have reappeared . |