Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I suppose I 'd expected expressions of grief , probably pages and pages of it . |
| 2 | I 'd expected to find a vacuous mess . |
| 3 | I suppose I 'd expected a stunt-man who pulled off hair-raising feats for kicks . |
| 4 | Is what I 'd expected to happen actually happening ? |
| 5 | I 'd expected some token reluctance , a bit of chair-shuffling and so on . |
| 6 | The cushions I was lying on were plastic-covered , but they were adorably comfortable since all I 'd expected was a paving slab . |
| 7 | With a sigh I went on a few steps further to George 's office and found him as I 'd expected , fully dressed , lightly napping , with worked-on forms pushed to one side beside an empty coffee cup . |
| 8 | I 've been waiting all this time for a baby , but I must admit the carrying of it is more tiring than I 'd expected . ’ |
| 9 | I 'd expected some Chart Show clothes horses purveying diluted Techno , not an androgynous keyboardist , a commanding dancer and the mad hatter MC who 'd just as soon sing the praises of spliff as he 'd stare out the crowd , bug-eyes in effect . |
| 10 | I found I had to get Dawn 's weight down much more than I 'd expected , or would have wished , just to persuade her to come for the food on my fist . |
| 11 | I 'd expected to last only a few minutes before my first ducking but the gentle wind was perfect for getting used to the moves . |
| 12 | But he gave me more than I 'd expected . ’ |
| 13 | The refuge has been more revealing about people and poverty than I 'd expected , because what it 's revealed is the hard edge of the sex differential . |
| 14 | We saw no risk at all in our artistic adventure , although it got dark much quicker than I 'd expected . |
| 15 | Nobody was as excited to see me as I 'd expected . |
| 16 | In fact , everything was much less traumatic and emotional than I 'd expected , probably because I 'm pretty hard on myself anyway . |
| 17 | I gave her the number and hung up feeling baulked of my escape , almost as if I 'd expected that the thing could be done now , tonight . |
| 18 | I suppose after those stories Harry told us about you being an asthmatic as a child , I 'd expected you to be delicate , a thin undersized weakling ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I wish I could tell you I 'd expected there to be . ’ |
| 20 | I 'd expected to be met by Famlio gunships because they 're always there . |
| 21 | I 'd expected Famlio to be patrolling in deep space , as usual , giving me room to manoeuvre and avoid them . |
| 22 | I asked , my mouth stuffed full of lichen which was really much nicer than I 'd expected . |
| 23 | ‘ No , I 'd expected it ; he would n't want to start off on the wrong foot . ’ |
| 24 | I do n't know what I 'd expected to find . |
| 25 | I 'd expected them to be quiet and reserved in their style as they are seemingly in their culture . |
| 26 | The atmosphere was less turbid than I 'd expected from Edward 's description — a glowing , orange-red furnace of heat in which I could make out the shadowy profiles of two pots . |
| 27 | She waited , instead of turning straight back as I 'd expected . |
| 28 | ‘ It was much easier than I 'd expected though we had very good weather , sunny and dry all the way . |
| 29 | And a better camera than I 'd expected . ’ |
| 30 | The Kawasaki cut through to St Paul 's as I 'd expected and accelerated up towards Holborn . |