Example sentences of "[pers pn] had expect a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had expected a sharper tongue in the office , a brisker and more brittle approach to the anarchic thoughtlessness of the girls . |
| 2 | For some reason I had expected a foreign accent ; but I could place this exactly . |
| 3 | I had expected an American senator to be as pompous and flatulent as a British MP , but George Crowninshield had proved affable and friendly . |
| 4 | She had expected a deep blue Mediterranean sky . |
| 5 | She had expected an immediate ‘ no ’ , and felt a moment 's panic when Luke failed at first to respond . |
| 6 | She wished she 'd already applied her make-up ; she was still good-looking without it , she knew , but at thirty-eight you had to expect a few flaws . |