Example sentences of "[pers pn] expected [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reviewers would put ‘ When I first heard the name I expected four guys in Factory haircuts ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ I expected four . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ I expected six or seven calibre applicants , though others in the business said I would be surprised by the numbers to apply . |
| 4 | At any moment I expected one of the masters , placed at strategic intervals to stop a guy taking short cuts or lighting up a Havana cigar , to leap out from a place of concealment , brandishing The Times and bellowing , ‘ Come on , Britton ! |
| 5 | I expected hundred and forty at least ! |
| 6 | Mr Lutz Stavenhagen said that he expected 11 out of the 12 EC leaders in Strasbourg to endorse the proposal — a reference to the renewed isolation of Mrs Thatcher over the issue . |