Example sentences of "had [adv] expect [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | What was evident was that they had all expected Comrade Andrew to join them , even Alice , who knew he disapproved . |
2 | But whoever these men had been , they had not expected stone and stone had won the day against the metal of their more ferocious weaponry . |
3 | He had not expected things to go like this . |
4 | He had not expected Wang to be so upset , so patently indignant . |
5 | He had not expected Rain to be there and definitely expected her to leave before he did . |
6 | Certainly she had not expected Felipe , and her tears stopped suddenly as she absorbed this new shock . |
7 | He had not expected Eleanor to beard his lodgings in Earls Court , especially as he had given Mrs Avery the same instructions about visitors as he had given Nurse Goodman . |
8 | The two men had gone out at dawn each morning , and for five consecutive days their huers had run up and down the cliff paths , whistling and signalling with flags and gorse bushes to guide the two fleets to the shoals ; and while everyone in Polruan had confidently expected Sam Gristy to win hands down , it now looked as though Harry had the edge . |
9 | ’ Perhaps it was the estrangement of Washington perhaps that he had n't expected Agnes at the Smithsonian but it had been a surprising thrill to see the familiar smile in the crowd . |
10 | Stephen would have liked further education , though he had n't expected Oxford or Cambridge or even , say , Nottingham . |
11 | Perhaps I had naively expected headlines of the HUMPHRY DAVY INVENTS MINERS ' SAFETY LAMP , ROSSINI WRITES FIRST OPERA , HENRY THOREAU BORN , kind of thing ! |
12 | She had fully expected Penry to dismiss them as nonsense , and felt so shattered that he had n't that it took her longer than usual to clear away and leave the kitchen immaculate . |
13 | ‘ I suppose you had never expected Faith to have any money of her own ? ’ she asked . |