Example sentences of "[pron] had expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was no particular shock when I found out ; I had expected the test to be positive . |
| 2 | Somewhat naïvely , I had expected it all to be sorted out then and there , but the chap just took my name , gave me a form to fill in and told me to come back a few days later for a full interview . |
| 3 | I had expected it to be best for trenching and shaping in the vertical position , but on all but the softest of timbers it failed to supply a substantial cut . |
| 4 | I had expected it to be cold but it surprised me with a suddenness that wrenched my breath away . |
| 5 | It was not as I had expected at all because living in the kind of commune that Mary Finnigan 's house was , there was n't a lot of time for romance . |
| 6 | The young dancer put a stop to our writing , as I had expected . |
| 7 | Then I had expected to feel cold in winter , both indoors and out of doors , all my life . |
| 8 | We are well and have no worries being happy together and not in need William leaving me better provided for than ever I had expected . |
| 9 | Aiming to cross into Austria at Gmünd , I came on the border post sooner than I had expected and , misreading the signs , drove past the guard-post to the frontier barrier . |
| 10 | But the bright eyes of danger beckoned again , and sooner than I had expected . |
| 11 | As it happened , the lecture ended earlier than I had expected , so I had time to waste . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I had expected no other reply . |
| 13 | I had expected the room to smell of death , but on account of Mrs Mortimer — or else her apron — the room was dominated by the smell of roasting . |
| 14 | I had expected Gillis to be long since dead or at best a doddering ninety-year-old . |
| 15 | It was n't what I had expected . |
| 16 | In my job , I had expected the sick and the dying to trust God , and I had come to the Sahara hoping to discover whether I myself would keep the faith in adverse circumstances . |
| 17 | It was much as I had expected . |
| 18 | I had expected to hear that the whole city had fallen . |
| 19 | Actually the day Passed more quickly than I had expected . |
| 20 | I collected my clothing parcel the next morning and there were the razor blades and the tooth paste just as I had expected . |
| 21 | When Hellen was transferred to Toronto to continue her documentary film-making career , I found that I missed her cheery presence more than I had expected , despite many activities . |
| 22 | To my surprise , the queue I had expected to stretch to Weston-super-Mare was far more modest . |
| 23 | Proud until I took the tools from the display card and then pride turned to disappointment for I had expected that the tools would be scaled down versions of Dad 's but the saw was just a piece of tin stamped out — it would n't cut paper and the hammer was similarly made . |
| 24 | At the very least I had expected something unusual and exotic , something which breaks the rules . |
| 25 | The last thing I had expected from Karen was an imaginative feel for language , but this was almost poetic : the soap foam as fur on the skin of the water . |
| 26 | If the location of Alison 's house was a surprise , the interior was everything I had expected . |
| 27 | He reacted exactly as I had expected : |
| 28 | Formation flying on the photographic Aztec was easier than I had expected considering the airframe 's sleekness and the early jet engines ' reputation for poor acceleration . |
| 29 | I had expected an American senator to be as pompous and flatulent as a British MP , but George Crowninshield had proved affable and friendly . |
| 30 | At the very least I had expected him to be physically frail and mentally chastened ; a boy worn out by his long addiction and frightened of the criminal charges that hung over him , but instead he came out of the limo and down the dock with the frisky energy of a puppy . |