Example sentences of "i expected [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Reviewers would put ‘ When I first heard the name I expected four guys in Factory haircuts ’ . |
2 | ‘ I expected four . |
3 | ‘ It is simply that I expected better service , ’ he snapped . |
4 | I expected blue murder but , to my delight , he was very proud . ’ |
5 | He said : ‘ I expected six or seven calibre applicants , though others in the business said I would be surprised by the numbers to apply . |
6 | At any moment I expected one of the masters , placed at strategic intervals to stop a guy taking short cuts or lighting up a Havana cigar , to leap out from a place of concealment , brandishing The Times and bellowing , ‘ Come on , Britton ! |
7 | ‘ I expected that . |
8 | ‘ I expected that . |
9 | I expected ecological debate , the odd clash over vegetarianism and a hint of hippiness . |
10 | I expected hundred and forty at least ! |
11 | I expected new information . |
12 | And Bell said : ‘ I expected some trouble but not on this scale — they acted like animals . |
13 | I set off again , maintaining for some reason — perhaps because I expected further farm creatures to wander across my path — my slow speed of before . |
14 | Not that I expected any . |
15 | At Calais the peg-legged porter unloading the baggage with as much agility as his able-bodied fellows became , in my over-heated imagination , a victim of Verdun , and such was the exotic evocation of ‘ foreign soil ’ , that I think I expected northern France to be totally distinct from southern England — almost like another planet . |
16 | I would prefer to see a straight Rocky-Strachan swap ( as I expected last year ) but I guess the wee man is still playing to well for this . |
17 | I expected more of you but perhaps you deserve a second chance . ’ |
18 | I expected this place to be in chaos — instead , it 's an oasis of calm . |