Example sentences of "[pron] expected [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expected blue murder but , to my delight , he was very proud . ’ |
| 2 | I expected ecological debate , the odd clash over vegetarianism and a hint of hippiness . |
| 3 | I expected new information . |
| 4 | At Calais the peg-legged porter unloading the baggage with as much agility as his able-bodied fellows became , in my over-heated imagination , a victim of Verdun , and such was the exotic evocation of ‘ foreign soil ’ , that I think I expected northern France to be totally distinct from southern England — almost like another planet . |
| 5 | She did n't turn round : she expected Ace to follow , and a few moments later she heard running footsteps behind her . |
| 6 | The price of this pragmatism has been to disappoint those who expected radical changes after Independence . |
| 7 | By 1875 politics in the Czech countryside was conducted in more sophisticated terms , and those who expected national salvation from supposed kinsmen of ‘ people 's emperors ’ , ancient or modern , would probably feel a little embarrassed to admit it . |
| 8 | Observers said they expected pro-reform supporters of President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to win 70 per cent of the 270 seats . |
| 9 | Jimmy Davidson , coach to the highly successful Ulster side , was given the job and everybody expected serious improvement . |
| 10 | Sentiment has not been helped by sharp profit downgrading from such pillars of Japanese business as Sony , Matsushita and Pioneer , though computer group Fujitsu recently said it expected current profits to be modestly increased . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Newley occasionally went there with clients from whom he expected rich pickings . |
| 13 | And last night top U.S. military commander General Colin Powell said he expected Western jets to be enforcing the zone within two weeks . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He expected European countries to put pressure on Arab countries to enter into direct negotiations with Israel , and claimed that the EC 's trust in the PLO to relinquish terrorism had been exploited by the latter . |
| 16 | He expected good behaviour and his rather grim glance in her direction did more to motivate her into action than any coaxing . |
| 17 | He expected limitless serenity of a man half Indian , and indeed Thomas had sustained the expectation for twenty years or more . |
| 18 | Inmos 's Pearson was philosophical about the delay , admitting it had lost the company customers , but saying he expected forthcoming T9000 generations to lure the strays back to the fold . |
| 19 | Somehow he expected TOP to be different . |