Example sentences of "[vb past] expected [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd expected some Chart Show clothes horses purveying diluted Techno , not an androgynous keyboardist , a commanding dancer and the mad hatter MC who 'd just as soon sing the praises of spliff as he 'd stare out the crowd , bug-eyes in effect . |
| 2 | Many workers said they 'd expected another round of closures despite the earlier announcement of a reprieve for some of the collieries . |
| 3 | Somehow she had expected six inches of semi-darkness , and half a face enquiring suspiciously what her business might be at this hour . |
| 4 | At some unconscious level that was exactly what she had expected six months earlier — to step off the plane and see the man of her dreams waiting for her on the tarmac . |
| 5 | Bill had expected that question , but he could not prevent there coming across his inward eye the memory of the grubby calendar in Onyx 's kitchen , with the new red ring round Thursday the twenty-ninth . |
| 6 | At best she had expected bland sympathy from him , but the sparks shooting in his eyes were genuine . |
| 7 | She had expected raucous laughter , giggling , cries of disappointment — anything but the total silence that struck her eardrums with the cold effectiveness of a block of ice applied to her nervous system . |
| 8 | We had expected 25 years at the most . |
| 9 | Mrs Lamb said she had expected tougher action . |
| 10 | The riot had started from nothing ; nobody had expected any trouble . |
| 11 | He had expected some kind of tart from Les Halles and found a respectable Jewish matron in an unbecoming colour . |
| 12 | Being right in line with the posts we had expected some sort of obstacle to look round but not a moving one ! |
| 13 | They had expected some throwing of stones and worse from whatever straggle of peasants ventured down from the hills to the banks , and that they received . |
| 14 | While chairman David Gare said the group performed well throughout the year , he had expected this year 's figures to be better than last . |
| 15 | Marguerite 's voice was warm when Jenna had expected another burst of either anger or distress . |
| 16 | The tension drifted from Blufton 's eyes , as if he had expected another challenge to his veracity . |
| 17 | She had expected more censure , more blame , but instead Fen seemed to be taking everything upon himself . |