Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] expect [noun] " in BNC.

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1 System builders that Microprocessor Report spoke to at Comdex last month said they did not expect volume production of Intel Corp 's Pentium chip until mid-1993 at best , suggesting the part has slipped another few months .
2 They were relaxed , joking amongst themselves ; it was a relief to be on a march where they did n't expect trouble after the last few weeks of demonstrations and violence .
3 They do n't expect things to be done perfectly .
4 They do not expect security guarantees .
5 But whoever these men had been , they had not expected stone and stone had won the day against the metal of their more ferocious weaponry .
6 What was evident was that they had all expected Comrade Andrew to join them , even Alice , who knew he disapproved .
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