Example sentences of "had expect [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She had expected no other outcome , even if he had .
2 ‘ I had expected no other reply .
3 Others , who unlike the Combined Operations staff , had expected a second front in Europe that summer , saw what forces would be needed to invade Europe .
4 The first excursion of the new government in foreign affairs was a bitter disappointment to those who had expected a real change in American policy abroad .
5 British diplomats , who had been in contact with the Chinese foreign ministry for weeks trying to get them to resume talks , had expected a stormy ride yesterday .
6 I had expected a sharper tongue in the office , a brisker and more brittle approach to the anarchic thoughtlessness of the girls .
7 As a young girl , Isabel Lavender had expected a great deal .
8 Leech , who had expected a generous-minded rival , was amazed at Burton 's blunt declaration that if he could not make the acting game pay well and soon , he would be off .
9 The fall in seasonally adjusted unemployment of 22,000 last month was even more of a surprise , at a time when forecasters had expected a further rise of 35,000 .
10 Neither Marshal Joffre , General Foch ( his deputy in the north ) nor Sir John' French had expected a German attack in Flanders .
11 Growers here had expected a bumper season .
12 For some reason I had expected a foreign accent ; but I could place this exactly .
13 Sabine had expected the civil ceremony conducted by the mayor to be a formal , rather bureaucratic business , but it was very much a family affair , celebrated among neighbours who had known the bride and groom since birth .
14 They had expected the Prime Minister to appoint a third woman to his Cabinet .
15 Colin insists that they had expected the ensuing fuss .
16 Harold Hobson , the chairman of the Central Electricity Board ( who had expected the top job in the new organisation himself ) , pointedly refused to work as Citrine 's deputy and resigned from the CEB prematurely .
17 It is possible that , not being aware of the limitations brought about by the Project 's staffing numbers , non-participants had expected an unreasonable level of support .
18 I had expected an American senator to be as pompous and flatulent as a British MP , but George Crowninshield had proved affable and friendly .
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