Example sentences of "had [adv] expected [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The newswire quotes industry executives saying that the trio plan to announce by the end of the month that they have produced a working sample of the chip , which they had not expected to be ready until early next year . |
| 2 | I had thought it would be fun , but I had not expected to be able to rock 'n' roll by the end of the evening . |
| 3 | I had n't expected to be able to speak to Alan before the end of the week , but at a quarter to five Sylvia de Groot telephoned to say that he was free now if I still wanted to see him . |
| 4 | She had never expected to be beautiful , and she was startled to see how nearly she approached a kind of beauty . |
| 5 | She had never expected to be beautiful because nobody had ever suggested that she might be so . |