Example sentences of "[vb past] expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been a stupid omission , but then she 'd left so unexpectedly and in such a rush ; besides , she 'd expected Suzie to be at the address she 'd been given . |
| 2 | Leonora bristled as she marched into the other room , realising she 'd expected murmurs of appreciation to greet her offering . |
| 3 | If she 'd expected signs of embarrassment or even an apology , it was obvious that she 'd miscalculated . |
| 4 | It took her a moment to realize that she 'd expected Daak to add his comment , and that he had n't done so . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I suppose I 'd expected expressions of grief , probably pages and pages of it . |
| 6 | I 'd expected Famlio to be patrolling in deep space , as usual , giving me room to manoeuvre and avoid them . |
| 7 | Mrs Pember Reeves noted that the Lambeth housewives she visited ‘ seemed to expect judgement to be passed on the absent man according to the amount he allowed them . ’ |
| 8 | Earl Spencer 's friend told to expect jail for £1.8m swindle |
| 9 | Teeth gritted expecting disaster . |
| 10 | Dressed in a freshly laundered dhoti , a clean white turban wrapped neatly around his head and a rough khadi coat buttoned up to the collar , he walks with the gait of a man accustomed to expect deference . |
| 11 | Dot kept expecting Mrs Hollidaye to ask her to come down and stay . |
| 12 | No one , of course , had expected Father Kendrick to stay . |
| 13 | Many observers had expected Rafeeuddin Ahmed , the UN Under-Secretary-General responsible for Cambodia since 1982 , to take charge of the operation . |
| 14 | When she threw herself down on the grass , he had expected Underwood to take advantage of the situation , but he sat upright and apart . |
| 15 | He had expected weakness to yield to strength . |
| 16 | The auction house had expected £3 million from the sale — it got £10 million . |
| 17 | Brian and Deborah Curley had expected champagne and flowers when they arrived at the four star hotel on the island of Tenerife after a perfect wedding . |
| 18 | She had n't anticipated spending her first night on board quite alone ; she had expected Fenella , Caro 's stepsister , to be here too . |
| 19 | He had expected money to answer every need . |
| 20 | They had expected game-birds to benefit from an increased food supply of insects as farmers stopped spraying pesticides to protect their cereal crops . |
| 21 | I had expected Gillis to be long since dead or at best a doddering ninety-year-old . |
| 22 | Fortescue looked surprised , as if he had expected Athelstan to keep his mouth shut for the entire interview . |
| 23 | Hari felt a rush of disappointment , she had expected Lewis to jump at the chance of earning some money but it seemed he was reluctant to take her venture seriously . |
| 24 | He had expected antiques , flowers , the portraits of past barons de Chavigny which had always hung in the old Baron 's offices . |
| 25 | She had expected Fernando to turn up at the airport with his arms full of red roses and promises . |
| 26 | But where she had expected harshness she felt instead only the soft warmth of his lips on her throat , and a rush of longing coursed through her entire body , strong enough to make her buckle at the knees . |
| 27 | She had expected passion and had been prepared to bluff that away , but this was different . |
| 28 | She had expected mockery , and , judging by the unnatural stillness she felt in fitzAlan 's body , he had intended to mock her . |
| 29 | He had expected losses , but this was above even his guestimate . |
| 30 | Ianthe was also dismayed , for she had expected Sophia or some other female member of St Basil 's congregation to be on the doorstep . |