Example sentences of "she expected " in BNC.
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1 | She expected Lucy to head for their office : no one else was ever in before noon on the top floor . |
2 | The set was so tacky she expected it to collapse each time one of the characters came through the door . |
3 | She expected him to keep looking over his shoulder to make sure that all the fuss was not intended for the man behind . |
4 | McLeish decided that since she was unaware of her audience it did not become him to be selfconscious , and asked what she expected even a Senator to achieve in these circumstances ? |
5 | Getting out to open the passenger door for her , he noticed that , in contrast to Francesca , she expected this and accepted the courtesy gratefully . |
6 | In exile she expected their first child , having left her husband in Russia ; he was later killed , and she suffered the blow of another death — her own child . |
7 | A Finn represented the fusion of Scandinavia and Hungary ( to which country they were first cousins ) so no doubt she expected too much of Erkki . |
8 | But it was easier than she expected . |
9 | That was what she expected of him . |
10 | At every moment she expected the girl behind the desk to call her back : ‘ Hey , you ! ’ and question her right to be here . |
11 | Somewhat surprised approval from Mona , and she expected an explanation . |
12 | Not , in truth , that she expected any , important or otherwise , but it would have made a difference to the day . |
13 | As she expected , Ari was in there , cradled in Nathan 's arms , being comforted . |
14 | It seemed she expected an answer , so I gave it . |
15 | As is common practice , Landlords kept the tenant 's deposit of £650 and told Debbie they would take their entire fee of £881 up front , so she expected no rent for the first month . |
16 | That was what she expected . |
17 | Devoy hinted that she expected Jackman to be her successor , by adding : ‘ She can have it [ the title ] after me . ’ |
18 | She pledged that the Government would safeguard those that did not opt for trust status , but she expected this to be a minority . |
19 | ‘ Galadriel , ’ muttered Gilly , not that she expected this bale of blubber to manage her real name . |
20 | She had been standing on her own , holding a teacup in front of her , not looking about her , but rather fixedly out of the window , as though she expected no one to approach and invited no one . |
21 | Elizabeth , knowing her mother was a bad sailor , cried off at the last moment , claiming she was tired — she was surprised at the laughter that raised — and as she expected , her mother took the chance to stay behind with her . |
22 | It was more than she expected . |
23 | She expected them to be ready , mounted , properly turned out and willing . |
24 | Jessie was right : he had come back , but much sooner than she expected . |
25 | We shall never know what diversion she expected . |
26 | ‘ What the hell have you been up to ? ’ she demanded , glancing down the road as if she expected Herbie Connors to appear on his bike . |
27 | Always a sickly woman , she expected to die in 1855 after a doctor had pronounced a disease of the heart to be fatal and quickly wrote her autobiography . |
28 | Overall , the standard was lower than she expected though she was impressed with the Germans , Sandra Schmidt and winner Jan Kellner who , she felt , was very stylish , fit and supporting . |
29 | The realities of parenthood for her were , as for most people , different from what she expected . |
30 | He was taller than she expected and wore a wall-cut dinner jacket that contrasted with the eccentric fancy-dress of some of the other diners . |