Example sentences of "[pron] expected [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought that because I had looked up to the twins on account of their wealth I expected others to do the same to me . |
| 2 | I expected slippers but he was more spruce than that and clearly businesslike in the way he ran this family hotel . |
| 3 | In the first investigative session I ever ran I expected pupils to produce a quadratic relationship , or at least a verbal description of one , from a problem involving lines and their intersections . |
| 4 | In particular , she expected perils out of the flatties — murderous hoodlums , crooked cops , knife-wielding janitors-but she knew that if he stretched his mind a touch , Daine could make anything or anyone in the City into a weapon . |
| 5 | She expected arguments , but there were none as the group obeyed David instantly , the more able-bodied standing quietly by the poolside while David , the woman , who she found out was called Sybil , and the pool attendant helped the more severely disabled out of the water and into wheelchairs . |
| 6 | The running started because of my father , he was the kind who expected results from his children . |
| 7 | Failure of heirs , or the survival only of heiresses , was exploited by the king himself for the benefit of his own sons , who expected endowments and titles as befitted their rank and who by virtue of their birth played a leading part in aristocratic society . |
| 8 | We expected handshakes all round , the departure of the PM to affairs of state , and an aide leading us to an ante-room for ginger snaps and coffee . |
| 9 | ‘ We expected players would serve to Jimmy 's forehand ’ , explains Segura ‘ not his strong two fisted backhand . |
| 10 | Besides , it could be very profitable : PR firms set an inflated value on their own services , and they expected others to do the same . |
| 11 | ‘ They expected telecommunications and roads to be modernized within two or three years , but it will take many , many , years . ’ |
| 12 | They expected workers to have little or no idea of their needs and to be out of sympathy with their interests or attitudes . |
| 13 | They expected diamonds to have a single atomic structure . |
| 14 | Wholesalers reported an improvement in sales both year-on-year and compared with February , and said they expected volumes to keep up the pace this month . |
| 15 | Prof McVie said that he expected drugs to counter rogue genes could be available within seven years . |
| 16 | He expected talks last night between Forum and the small non-Communist parties to see what were the possibilities . |
| 17 | Tim Eggar , the Energy Minister , told the conference that he expected recommendations by the end of the month from a working group on offshore costs chaired by John d'Ancona , the head of the Glasgow-based Offshore Supplies Office . |
| 18 | Advanced Micro will have a fifth generation microprocessor on the market in 1995 , and other areas were also performing well , with strong sales in non-volatile Flash memory products , where he expected revenues to jump to $200m in 1993 from $45m in 1992 . |
| 19 | Announcing the scheme Education Minister Michael Ancram said he expected savings up to £100 , a year as a result of the improvements . |