Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] expect a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I had expected a sharper tongue in the office , a brisker and more brittle approach to the anarchic thoughtlessness of the girls . |
2 | For some reason I had expected a foreign accent ; but I could place this exactly . |
3 | She 'd married a sporting celebrity , so she 'd expected a certain amount of attention , but she was n't sure she appreciated Ace 's rather smug pleasure at looking at himself . |
4 | She 'd expected a steady upward climb , but suddenly the tunnel dipped and steps went down beside a white race of water . |
5 | She had expected a deep blue Mediterranean sky . |
6 | This later recommendation surprised many who had expected a liberal/academic working party of ‘ the great and the good ’ to turn their backs on the idea of retaining a paternalistic and arguably outmoded system of adult censorship . |
7 | The first excursion of the new government in foreign affairs was a bitter disappointment to those who had expected a real change in American policy abroad . |
8 | Leech , who had expected a generous-minded rival , was amazed at Burton 's blunt declaration that if he could not make the acting game pay well and soon , he would be off . |
9 | She wished she 'd already applied her make-up ; she was still good-looking without it , she knew , but at thirty-eight you had to expect a few flaws . |
10 | He 'd expected a great brazen trumpet hanging , with a legend in outlandish characters — ‘ Who dares to brave the giant 's wrath , let him sound this trump . ’ |
11 | He 'd expected a clandestine rendezvous — curtained windows , locked doors — not a gypsy encampment . |