Example sentences of "have be expecting [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd been expecting a great hall with a giant round table , towering turrets , a moat and a drawbridge , but , of course , it turned out to be a ruin .
2 Back on his farm a few miles from a crash site , Mr Hayton said he 'd been expecting a longer sentence .
3 Maudie had been expecting a better response from her friends , or at the very least a little sympathy , but they seemed not to care .
4 He had been expecting a great difference , but not the extent of the hostility that had greeted him and the reality of a giant Worm wielding enormous electrical energy .
5 If Patrick had been expecting the small man to head up Grafton Street , then he was disappointed ; the guide continued on past the bottom of the crowded street , passing Yeates & Son , the opticians with the giant spectacle frame hanging outside the shop , heading into Nassau Street and then he turned right into Dawson Street .
6 If she had been expecting an immediate outcry , she was sadly disappointed , but she was a determined young woman .
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