Example sentences of "[noun sg] expected [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Nor had he for one moment expected Wang to offer another shipment .
2 The Qatar News Agency quoted an unidentified Islamic Jihad spokesman as saying that his group expected Israel " to reciprocate by releasing another group of Arab prisoners " .
3 The group expected Charman to be upset but they were taken aback at his extreme response .
4 That was the rarest of murders and Rain expected Maurin knew it , too .
5 The Chancellor said the European Commission expected Britain to be the fastest growing of all the major European economies , this year and next .
6 Stage : Pre Draft Deposit consultation expected June/July 1992 .
7 ‘ Some people I spoke to during the summer expected New Zealand and Australia to be beaten , then France twice and finally us .
8 For some reason , the public expected Diana to be with him wherever he went .
9 But at least one minister expected Hunt to take a different line .
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