Example sentences of "expected [adj] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In seemed that the Minister expected little opposition in Parliament , where all MPs were members of TANU . |
| 2 | He smiled and lifted his champagne glass to his lips and Ruth expected some sort of challenge thrown out but none came and a strange feeling percolated inside her , almost disappointment , but she shooed away the notion . |
| 3 | He obviously expected some sort of reaction . |
| 4 | ‘ Galadriel , ’ muttered Gilly , not that she expected this bale of blubber to manage her real name . |
| 5 | As a former member of his Household explained : ‘ He never expected this kind of reaction . |
| 6 | erm so that y so that you expected this sort of measure of service and if you were told the , if you were told the circumstances you might have said well that 's okay , no problem . |
| 7 | It had always been generous in terms of sick pay and sympathetic and understanding towards employees with family problems , though it expected high standards of dress and deportment and lateness , absenteeism and incivility were not tolerated . |
| 8 | Reviewers would put ‘ When I first heard the name I expected four guys in Factory haircuts ’ . |
| 9 | The price of this pragmatism has been to disappoint those who expected radical changes after Independence . |