Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it was stupid of me , but I had expected so much , if in rather a vague way , that the reality was a bitter shock : I was unqualified , I had no degree , I was n't even trained as a secretary . |
| 2 | It was still early so I did n't expect many customers , but I did expect more than one — me . |
| 3 | Well , her son grew up and not into much ; but she had expected that , she had discounted him ( when she chose Simon ? ) . |
| 4 | ’ That neither did she , but she did expect common civility . ’ |
| 5 | Er , I make a point of never saying I told you so , but we did expect the upturn to come , because fundamentally stru er , Camco is a strong business . |
| 6 | But he had expected it to be directed by concern for the dead rather than against him as the perpetrator of their demise . |
| 7 | Pallister said he got a ‘ little bit of stick ’ from the Holgate end on his return , but he had expected it . |