Example sentences of "[vb past] expect [noun] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dot kept expecting Mrs Hollidaye to ask her to come down and stay . |
| 2 | No one , of course , had expected Father Kendrick to stay . |
| 3 | Financial markets had expected Mr Lawson to give a clear signal on when the pound will enter the exchange rate mechanism of the European Monetary System in a speech to the City at the Mansion House next Thursday . |
| 4 | Western diplomats had expected Mr Christopher to raise the issue of Syria 's tiny Jewish community , which was allowed to immigrate for much of last year , until Syria stopped granting exit visas . |
| 5 | Tainted by the worst recession in 60 years , a record 1.05 million people out of work and a perception that Labor was fatigued after ten years in office , few had expected Mr Keating to scrape in . |
| 6 | Until recently most analysts had expected house prices to begin to recover in early 1991 . |