Example sentences of "had [not/n't] expect [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably because even she had not expected him to sink so low . |
| 2 | He obviously had not expected her to return and , now that she had , she could damn well stay up in her bedroom until the cows came home , as far as he was concerned . |
| 3 | He had not expected me to ask about his 1936 visit to Nazi Germany . |
| 4 | My educational colleagues are a hard-bitten lot and I had not expected them to come out as complete ‘ quality ’ converts . |
| 5 | She had n't expected him to greet her with ecstatic joy — his emotions were n't extreme like Lowell 's thankfully — but neither had she expected a degree of embarrassment . |
| 6 | Peter knew that Julian gambled , but he had n't expected him to gamble to that level , and certainly not to use the shop as security . |
| 7 | Luce had n't expected him to give in so easily , and she felt almost dizzy with what she assured herself was relief . |
| 8 | He had n't expected them to act as they had . |
| 9 | He had n't expected her to make this sort of use of the opportunity he had given her . |
| 10 | ‘ Charlie Trumper , ’ I told her with pride , though if the truth be known I had n't expected her to have heard of him . |
| 11 | ‘ I had n't expected you to come back here tonight . |
| 12 | Even though I 'd told you there was no point in your harbouring hopes , I somehow had n't expected you to up and leave . |
| 13 | ‘ I had n't expected you to make so much progress so quickly . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But , ’ he went on inexorably , ‘ I had n't expected you to achieve the desired result in one short morning in a strange city . |