Example sentences of "n't expected the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had n't expected the papers to pick up on Thomas 's birth , ’ she went on , ‘ but when they did and when it was taken for granted that he was Simon 's I let that be , too . ’ |
| 2 | What I had n't expected was the reaction we got here today which is that erm whilst there are smiling dis , he 's smiling now , there are smiling districts who might be pleased to be named as areas in which a major exception might be accommodated and I had n't expected the others would like a bit of it if there was one going too . |
| 3 | The poet had n't expected the programme to leave this in , and he was shocked . |
| 4 | Even if I had n't expected the gunships , their colours would have told me what they were . |
| 5 | Another was already on the way , off-target because Zeno had n't expected the gunshot . |
| 6 | They had n't expected the terrorists to turn up for at least another two days . |