Example sentences of "[adv] expected [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few people ever expected Sally-Anne to do as she was told . |
| 2 | The voters , in other words , had not moved solidly to the right , their position was one of ambivalence ; they had become deeply sceptical about the role of government and yet they still expected government to aid them as they tried to meet the pressing problems of modern life . |
| 3 | ‘ But you still expected Sir Thomas to win ? |
| 4 | During dinner at the Pheasantry , Ian clearly expected Clare to be frivolously entertaining . |
| 5 | Cynically , Leila considered Lazar probably expected Nathan to indulge in a little snooping for him , find out what Roirbak was working on nowadays . |
| 6 | He also expected support from Russia , but the tsar was too preoccupied with the affairs of Europe , where Napoleon was at the height of his powers , and Adam Czartoryski , the Russian foreign minister , advised negotiations with the Turks , rather than war . |
| 7 | And I do n't think I really expected Feargal to go down to Rosslare ! |
| 8 | Well , I never expected sampling to be part of it all . |
| 9 | Was it because he had n't spotted it , or because he felt it would be dishonest to do so , or because he never expected criticism ? |
| 10 | ‘ I never expected Maurice to die in such a way . |
| 11 | ‘ I never expected travelling on foot to be so arduous , ’ she said . |
| 12 | I half expected five-year-olds to be making funny remarks about them behind my back . |
| 13 | It had been the same at the airport and I had thought then that perhaps he half expected Iris Sunderby to materialise out of the crowd . |
| 14 | He half expected ocean , the white towers of Moon Beach , but there was only land , land that looked infinite , land without end , and he stood still and stared , as if by staring he could make something happen , the first drop of rain already drying on his shoulder . |
| 15 | She half expected Guy to wrench her face back up to his and braced herself to resist , but to her astonishment he laughed softly . |