Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] expect [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I kept expecting very painful things to come up : that 's what I thought analysis was about . |
| 2 | Perhaps it was stupid of me , but I had expected so much , if in rather a vague way , that the reality was a bitter shock : I was unqualified , I had no degree , I was n't even trained as a secretary . |
| 3 | Something that she had expected even less than ambition . |
| 4 | She had expected too much of Philippa . |
| 5 | Perhaps he had expected too much of him ? |