Example sentences of "[vb past] expect the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They had expected the Prime Minister to appoint a third woman to his Cabinet . |
| 3 | Colin insists that they had expected the ensuing fuss . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She had expected the royal apartments to be brimming with activity . |