Example sentences of "expected [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grainne had known that when it finally came to it , she would be afraid — for I have never known anyone other than Fergus , and with Fergus it was so natural and so sweet — but she had not expected this sudden rush of tenderness . |
| 2 | He had expected some final pay-off , a terminal settling of accounts for services rendered . |
| 3 | He had expected some sordid den with a big wardrobe , a lot of shoes and a bed laid for business . |
| 4 | I 'd expected some token reluctance , a bit of chair-shuffling and so on . |
| 5 | She had not expected such direct questioning . |
| 6 | ( One might have expected heterosexual young men to be more influenced by what was after all a film of exclusively heterosexual practices . ) |
| 7 | I had fully expected one locked room , the woman-of-the-glove 's room . |
| 8 | There was some reason for his bewilderment , for Anselm does not seem to have desired or expected any practical result from this consultation except a possible release from his archbishopric . |
| 9 | As might be expected young disabled people entering the adult world of employment , housing and social life face even greater problems than their peer group . |