Example sentences of "[conj] i have expected " in BNC.
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| 1 | So although I had expected a life of some leisure , I found myself lucky to be apprenticed to a carpenter in Kendal . |
| 2 | Although I have expected similar signs , our commissionings have on the whole been quiet affairs , at least until 1990 . |
| 3 | I was desperate to prevent the angry outburst that I had expected in the restaurant happening here , in this even more public place . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But he gave me more than I 'd expected . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | We saw no risk at all in our artistic adventure , although it got dark much quicker than I 'd expected . |
| 9 | In fact , everything was much less traumatic and emotional than I 'd expected , probably because I 'm pretty hard on myself anyway . |
| 10 | I asked , my mouth stuffed full of lichen which was really much nicer than I 'd expected . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ It was much easier than I 'd expected though we had very good weather , sunny and dry all the way . |
| 13 | And a better camera than I 'd expected . ’ |
| 14 | The bike started sweetly and proved easier to handle than I 'd expected . |
| 15 | Innes McInnes was taller than I 'd expected , but then how tall should a millionaire be ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But the bright eyes of danger beckoned again , and sooner than I had expected . |
| 18 | As it happened , the lecture ended earlier than I had expected , so I had time to waste . ’ |
| 19 | Actually the day Passed more quickly than I had expected . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It was years later that I realised I really would have to tackle it , but I found it was much easier than I had expected . |
| 23 | ‘ My involvement , entailing more work than I had expected , pulled me out of the isolation of deafness , ’ says Jack . |
| 24 | The figure framed in the light was shorter than I had expected , thin and stooped ; he looked up at the sky and cursed a guttural curse , then started buttoning his fly . |
| 25 | The luncheon and exhibition had been more tiring than I had expected . |
| 26 | The cottage was bigger than I had expected . |
| 27 | We had done a lot of hard motoring through three countries and , although we had by no means seen all of the Scandinavian birds , we had achieved more than I had expected on a first trip . |
| 28 | Thus , while the basic living conditions were markedly better than I had expected , it has to be recorded that the ‘ psychological ’ character of the institution ( as , I suspect , in most prisons in India ) appeared to me harsh , negative and even cruel . |
| 29 | I tried to explain , and she was more understanding than I had expected . |
| 30 | From the lake the temple looked smaller than I had expected , and terribly neat , like a life-size model of the real thing . |