Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [not/n't] expected [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I must admit that I had n't expected such a prompt response to my advertisement . |
2 | ‘ I had n't expected all the containers in here to be emptied out , too ! ’ |
3 | " I had n't expected that . " |
4 | But she had n't expected all three of them , not Patsy as well , and not the car . |
5 | She had n't expected any more extravagant praise . |
6 | She had n't expected this . |
7 | It was humiliating , and she had not expected that kind of reaction from him . |
8 | She had not expected such direct questioning . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | She had accepted that she could not help loving him , but she had not expected this result . |
11 | She had not expected this . |
12 | Probably they had n't expected this . |
13 | They had not expected that . |
14 | All that amazed her was that he had not expected that . |
15 | He had not expected colonial argot from such a source . |
16 | Mr Reynolds was understandably shaken ; even though he had " suspected the worst " ( cancer ) , he had not expected such an extensive operation . |
17 | He had n't expected that . |
18 | He had n't expected this precipitate visit and in the last hour he had bawled out everyone in sight . |