Example sentences of "had expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somehow she had expected six inches of semi-darkness , and half a face enquiring suspiciously what her business might be at this hour . |
| 2 | At some unconscious level that was exactly what she had expected six months earlier — to step off the plane and see the man of her dreams waiting for her on the tarmac . |
| 3 | Terrified , of course she was terrified ; Michael Pope had expected that . |
| 4 | She had expected that . |
| 5 | Bill had expected that question , but he could not prevent there coming across his inward eye the memory of the grubby calendar in Onyx 's kitchen , with the new red ring round Thursday the twenty-ninth . |
| 6 | Cromer had expected all his staff to speak Arabic fluently and Garvin , after twenty years in Egypt , spoke the language like a native . |
| 7 | At best she had expected bland sympathy from him , but the sparks shooting in his eyes were genuine . |
| 8 | She had expected raucous laughter , giggling , cries of disappointment — anything but the total silence that struck her eardrums with the cold effectiveness of a block of ice applied to her nervous system . |
| 9 | When Daak had been brought to join them , Bernice had expected Ace to run to him ; instead , she just smiled crookedly and raised a hand in greeting . |
| 10 | We had expected 25 years at the most . |
| 11 | Mrs Lamb said she had expected tougher action . |
| 12 | The riot had started from nothing ; nobody had expected any trouble . |
| 13 | He had expected some final pay-off , a terminal settling of accounts for services rendered . |
| 14 | Being right in line with the posts we had expected some sort of obstacle to look round but not a moving one ! |
| 15 | He had expected some kind of tart from Les Halles and found a respectable Jewish matron in an unbecoming colour . |
| 16 | They had expected some throwing of stones and worse from whatever straggle of peasants ventured down from the hills to the banks , and that they received . |
| 17 | He had expected some sordid den with a big wardrobe , a lot of shoes and a bed laid for business . |
| 18 | Roland had supposed she had expected this , but it became dreadfully obvious that she had not . |
| 19 | While chairman David Gare said the group performed well throughout the year , he had expected this year 's figures to be better than last . |
| 20 | The Doctor had expected this to provoke some reaction but the Chelonians remained resolutely silent , their eyes fixed on the big screen that showed a trundling view of their journey through the wastes . |
| 21 | Neither of them had expected this . |
| 22 | Celia had expected this . |
| 23 | The tension drifted from Blufton 's eyes , as if he had expected another challenge to his veracity . |
| 24 | Marguerite 's voice was warm when Jenna had expected another burst of either anger or distress . |
| 25 | Her solar had also been much improved , as if her commissioner had expected more of her than her designers . |
| 26 | She had expected more censure , more blame , but instead Fen seemed to be taking everything upon himself . |
| 27 | Dragged myself to the doctor who told me I had to expect such things at my age and prescribed vitamin pills . |