Example sentences of "[vb past] expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She had expected violence , she had thought her father would shout and roar at her , she was certain he would beat her . |
| 32 | Finubar had expected mud huts and primitive savages . |
| 33 | She had expected Fen to drive back into Little Kirkton , to one of the restaurants there , but instead he headed out into the country . |
| 34 | It was not a decision he had expected Massingham to welcome , and nor had he . |
| 35 | When the school had started , Robert had expected tobacconist 's sons , monolingual Turks , or youths with swarthy faces and hooked noses , clad in sheets . |
| 36 | And if Emily had expected Craig to ride in on a white charger and save the day , she had been doomed to disappointment . |
| 37 | The press apparently had expected Steffi 's invincible reign to last for several years — when last year Graf had a bad year ( by her standards ) the men and women of the press understandably searched for reasons for it — and voiced them . |
| 38 | She had expected Vass 's home to be as coolly functional as his office . |
| 39 | Eloise was an accomplished hostess and Adolph had expected perfection in his home . |
| 40 | The market had expected Thames , Severn Trent and North West to be listed , putting them at an immediate investment advantage to the rest of the sector . |
| 41 | Financial markets had expected Mr Lawson to give a clear signal on when the pound will enter the exchange rate mechanism of the European Monetary System in a speech to the City at the Mansion House next Thursday . |
| 42 | The announcement came as a shock because they and other political observers had expected Mr Ben Ali to announce moves towards liberalisation in a speech he gave yesterday marking the second anniversary of his coming to power . |
| 43 | ‘ I had expected Mr Beckenham would have been in contact with you at least , ma'am , ’ he said with a frown . |
| 44 | Western diplomats had expected Mr Christopher to raise the issue of Syria 's tiny Jewish community , which was allowed to immigrate for much of last year , until Syria stopped granting exit visas . |
| 45 | Tainted by the worst recession in 60 years , a record 1.05 million people out of work and a perception that Labor was fatigued after ten years in office , few had expected Mr Keating to scrape in . |
| 46 | Prior to the Miyagi defeat most commentators had expected Miyazawa to survive as party leader at least until the elections for half of the 252 upper house seats , scheduled for July . |
| 47 | Kate Maybury had expected trouble ! |
| 48 | Breeze had expected opposition in this quarter , but Susan said that ‘ Factota Limited ’ was an inspiration , and promised for her part to do the housekeeping and give lessons to small children , if any could be found . |
| 49 | Until recently most analysts had expected house prices to begin to recover in early 1991 . |
| 50 | She had expected opulence , baroque furniture maybe , rich drapes . |
| 51 | This was the sort of look Dexter had expected Blufton to wear permanently , the calculating glance of a businessman forced to take a prickly decision , weighing risks and benefits against a tight deadline . |
| 52 | School was over for the day and Sara had expected Jenny to arrive before this . |
| 53 | She had expected pain , almost welcomed it as the payment for ridding herself of her despised virginity which had labelled her in her own mind as undesired — unloved . |
| 54 | The company said to expect Sparcstation 10 Model 52s and 54s in the late spring , early summer . |
| 55 | ( In last week 's Unigram issue we said to expect price reductions of around 40% . |