Example sentences of "have not bargained [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What they had not bargained for was the prejudice of the trial judge , Lord Grant , who , as Nicky relates in his recently published memoirs , made it plain from the outset that he believed , as the police believed , that Meehan was guilty . |
| 2 | What he had not bargained for was that the ‘ fusion ’ cell would be deemed a radioactive hazard and so be prevented from getting the urgent clearance for transport across international borders . |
| 3 | What he had not bargained for was the fact that these two Gardai had been listening to well-articulated feminist rhetoric all afternoon and were still reeling from the effects . |
| 4 | One thing I had not bargained for was the amount of Gaelic spoken in the country districts . |
| 5 | We had not bargained on being trapped in our own hall . ’ |