Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd never expected rockets to go off and stars to shoot in all directions — leastways , not from just a casual brush of flesh against flesh … |
| 2 | She did not expect letters but on hearing from her the news of Hal 's birth , they had at once despatched an enormous bearskin : a gift for the child . |
| 3 | She did not expect Diana to tell her friends or for Morton to be given any more secret details about the royals . |
| 4 | Certainly she had not expected Felipe , and her tears stopped suddenly as she absorbed this new shock . |
| 5 | She had fully expected Penry to dismiss them as nonsense , and felt so shattered that he had n't that it took her longer than usual to clear away and leave the kitchen immaculate . |