Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] expect [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I had expected no other reply . |
2 | I had expected a sharper tongue in the office , a brisker and more brittle approach to the anarchic thoughtlessness of the girls . |
3 | For some reason I had expected a foreign accent ; but I could place this exactly . |
4 | I had expected an American senator to be as pompous and flatulent as a British MP , but George Crowninshield had proved affable and friendly . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | She had expected no other outcome , even if he had . |
7 | They had expected the Prime Minister to appoint a third woman to his Cabinet . |
8 | Colin insists that they had expected the ensuing fuss . |