Example sentences of "i [verb] expect [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd expected some Chart Show clothes horses purveying diluted Techno , not an androgynous keyboardist , a commanding dancer and the mad hatter MC who 'd just as soon sing the praises of spliff as he 'd stare out the crowd , bug-eyes in effect . |
| 2 | I arrived expecting high rise hotels and crowded shores , instead I was treated to pretty villages built in honey coloured stone and fields of poppies . |
| 3 | Normally , I would n't care two hoots , but having come home unexpectedly , and with the thought of our marriage dazzling me , I 'm so happy that I keep expecting some obstacle to turn up . |
| 4 | Dragged myself to the doctor who told me I had to expect such things at my age and prescribed vitamin pills . |
| 5 | Although I have expected similar signs , our commissionings have on the whole been quiet affairs , at least until 1990 . |