Example sentences of "[vb past] expect [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | United 's defence stopped expecting an offside flag but Alexei Mikhailichenko was allowed to continue and put Rangers ahead . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He 'd expected a clandestine rendezvous — curtained windows , locked doors — not a gypsy encampment . |
| 4 | Some people did expect an awful lot from those youngsters for the few shillings they paid them . |
| 5 | She had expected no other outcome , even if he had . |
| 6 | ‘ I had expected no other reply . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | British diplomats , who had been in contact with the Chinese foreign ministry for weeks trying to get them to resume talks , had expected a stormy ride yesterday . |
| 9 | As a young girl , Isabel Lavender had expected a great deal . |
| 10 | Leech , who had expected a generous-minded rival , was amazed at Burton 's blunt declaration that if he could not make the acting game pay well and soon , he would be off . |
| 11 | Neither Marshal Joffre , General Foch ( his deputy in the north ) nor Sir John' French had expected a German attack in Flanders . |
| 12 | Growers here had expected a bumper season . |
| 13 | For some reason I had expected a foreign accent ; but I could place this exactly . |
| 14 | Sabine had expected the civil ceremony conducted by the mayor to be a formal , rather bureaucratic business , but it was very much a family affair , celebrated among neighbours who had known the bride and groom since birth . |
| 15 | They had expected the Prime Minister to appoint a third woman to his Cabinet . |
| 16 | Colin insists that they had expected the ensuing fuss . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | She had expected the royal apartments to be brimming with activity . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I had expected an American senator to be as pompous and flatulent as a British MP , but George Crowninshield had proved affable and friendly . |