Example sentences of "expected [adj] [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Numerous bidders expected this Fairchild to reach into the $ 35–45,000 range .
2 A large proportion of firms expected this expansion to continue throughout the 1980s .
3 IF THE Chancellor expected consistent advice backed by irresistible logic from the first submission from his seven wise men , he will have been disappointed by their 80-page text plus statistical appendix yesterday .
4 After a meeting with umpires Steve Randell and Terry Prue , Subba Row said in a statement that he expected all players to adhere to proper standards of behaviour .
5 Wolfgang Roller , chairman of Dresdner Bank , said yesterday he expected long-term rates to fall by nearly two points and inflation to average 4 p.c. as the German economy recovers .
6 Women born in 1935–9 with ‘ non-manual ’ fathers expected 2.10 children compared to 2.52 for women with ‘ manual ’ fathers .
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