Example sentences of "than [pron] had expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aiming to cross into Austria at Gmünd , I came on the border post sooner than I had expected and , misreading the signs , drove past the guard-post to the frontier barrier . |
| 2 | But the bright eyes of danger beckoned again , and sooner than I had expected . |
| 3 | As it happened , the lecture ended earlier than I had expected , so I had time to waste . ’ |
| 4 | Actually the day Passed more quickly than I had expected . |
| 5 | When Hellen was transferred to Toronto to continue her documentary film-making career , I found that I missed her cheery presence more than I had expected , despite many activities . |
| 6 | Formation flying on the photographic Aztec was easier than I had expected considering the airframe 's sleekness and the early jet engines ' reputation for poor acceleration . |
| 7 | It was years later that I realised I really would have to tackle it , but I found it was much easier than I had expected . |
| 8 | ‘ My involvement , entailing more work than I had expected , pulled me out of the isolation of deafness , ’ says Jack . |
| 9 | The figure framed in the light was shorter than I had expected , thin and stooped ; he looked up at the sky and cursed a guttural curse , then started buttoning his fly . |
| 10 | The luncheon and exhibition had been more tiring than I had expected . |
| 11 | The cottage was bigger than I had expected . |
| 12 | We had done a lot of hard motoring through three countries and , although we had by no means seen all of the Scandinavian birds , we had achieved more than I had expected on a first trip . |
| 13 | Thus , while the basic living conditions were markedly better than I had expected , it has to be recorded that the ‘ psychological ’ character of the institution ( as , I suspect , in most prisons in India ) appeared to me harsh , negative and even cruel . |
| 14 | I tried to explain , and she was more understanding than I had expected . |
| 15 | From the lake the temple looked smaller than I had expected , and terribly neat , like a life-size model of the real thing . |
| 16 | Still , he came a lot closer than I had expected . |
| 17 | The reaction of spectators was less marked than I had expected . |
| 18 | He was magnificent , larger even than I had expected , looking almost red against the pale dry grass . |
| 19 | I am sorry that it has taken longer to respond to your recent telephone call than I had expected , but I have now examined all the papers relating to this matter and have re-visited Captains Road . |
| 20 | The Minister is a reasonable man and he has shown even more reasonableness than I had expected . |
| 21 | Learning office skills and disciplines was less daunting than I had expected . |
| 22 | They were younger than she had expected and seemed shy and reticent , emphasising frequently , all the way up the stairs , that they wanted only a bolt-hole and must not be thought of as real boarders . |
| 23 | The man who rose from behind a large polished desk on the far side of the room , and came forward to shake Robyn 's hand , was smaller and more ordinary-looking than she had expected . |
| 24 | Not as much as at home — at Inveraray , Elizabeth thought , but more than she had expected . |
| 25 | Muriella , more shaken by her fall than she had expected , was glad to sit for a while . |
| 26 | Daniel took more persuading than she had expected , but finally agreed to spare an hour later in the morning . |
| 27 | In the branch of the Banco dell'Annunziazione a girl , whose face was a mask of disappointment nobly borne and from whose carmined lips dangled a cigarette miraculously balancing a tube of ash , clattered calculations as she stood before an upright typewriter and , in less time than she had expected , Molly was in possession of a mound of hundred thousand lire notes . |
| 28 | It took her much longer to get to Leominster Gardens , where Bob lived , than she had expected . |
| 29 | It was darker inside the cottage than she had expected , and as soon as she had opened the door , she knew that there was something terribly wrong . |
| 30 | Her heart thumped painfully as she remembered him making love to her for the first time , the hard , forceful thrust of his body coming much quicker than she had expected , an abrupt shock after all the gentleness that had gone before . |