Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv] expect this " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I did not expect this from you , Louisa . |
2 | I did n't expect this sort of driving from a three-times world champion . ’ |
3 | ‘ I did n't expect this . |
4 | ‘ I did n't expect this extra bit of spare time . ’ |
5 | I did n't expect this of you . |
6 | ‘ I did n't expect this treatment from my father 's oldest friend , ’ said Monks angrily , sitting down with a frown on his face . |
7 | ‘ I did n't expect this . ’ |
8 | I did n't expect this match . ’ |
9 | I did n't expect this match . ’ |
10 | She 'd almost expected this , and I asked her why . |
11 | She had n't expected this . |
12 | Grainne had known that when it finally came to it , she would be afraid — for I have never known anyone other than Fergus , and with Fergus it was so natural and so sweet — but she had not expected this sudden rush of tenderness . |
13 | She had accepted that she could not help loving him , but she had not expected this result . |
14 | She had not expected this . |
15 | They did n't expect this old transporter carrier to be fitted with cellular disrupters . ’ |
16 | Probably they had n't expected this . |
17 | He did n't expect this savage hiss of reaction . |
18 | He had n't expected this precipitate visit and in the last hour he had bawled out everyone in sight . |
19 | William is humiliated not because he is defeated ( he had half expected this ) but because of the shepherd boy 's refusal to go on hitting him . |