Example sentences of "what i expected " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I went to Hollywood on a promotional tour in the summer of ‘ 88 and it was n't quite what I expected . |
| 2 | I did n't know what I expected ( chanting and rune casting , perhaps ) , but I was n't prepared for the tingling sensation affecting the areas of my body immediately underneath her small hands . |
| 3 | In joining London Gay Switchboard , I 'm not sure quite what I expected . |
| 4 | I was only asking for confirmation of what I expected . |
| 5 | Occasionally a space divided two buildings and then I caught a glimpse of attap huts , children playing , chickens scratching in the dust , pigs rooting , the vivid red of a flame tree , coconut and breadfruit trees , more what I expected than the pink-washed ‘ retirement bungalow ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ St Maarten was too crowded , and was n't what I expected . |
| 7 | " I do n't know what I expected , " said Hazel . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's not what I expected , ’ he said as she came alongside him . |
| 9 | Besides looking expensively elegant , which is what I expected a mantenuta to be , this woman was also very beautiful . |
| 10 | I rushed with him into the buildings and found what I expected and dreaded ; a small calf kicking at its stomach , getting up and down , occasionally rolling on its straw bed . |
| 11 | When I told her this afternoon that I was gon na be away till maybe tomorrow morning I do n't know what I expected . |
| 12 | Ryan laughed in my face , which is what I expected . |
| 13 | ‘ Exactly what I expected — what I tried to shield you from , ’ he said with very grim satisfaction . |
| 14 | ‘ This is only what I expected . ’ |
| 15 | It is n't what I expected to find . |
| 16 | I do n't know what I expected to see , but as always when you have a tooth out or get kicked half to death the change in appearance is nowhere like commensurate with the pain . |
| 17 | ‘ What I expected , ’ she snapped , ‘ was that Italians might show some reverence for the past . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's what I expected you to say . |
| 19 | ‘ It was not what I expected , but I have not yet had a real chance to find out what went wrong . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're not what I expected . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ To be honest , you 're not what I expected , either . ’ |
| 22 | say no , it 's not what I expected . |