Example sentences of "had [adv] expected to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Belinda , five , had n't expected to see Santa yesterday — but then her mother and father , Gill and Paul , had not expected to be celebrating at the hospital . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She had not expected to be such a kind of girl ; she had watched this kind of girl for years ( the lips discreetly reddened , the loud laughter on the school bus , the tossing of long hair beneath rakish berets , the swinging of hips , the whispering in the garden ) but she had never expected to become one . |
| 5 | When he left his home this morning he had not expected to be carrying Lestrade of the Yard and Sherlock Holmes , and was by no means certain he was ready for this responsibility . |
| 6 | And — ’ with a grateful glance at Benedict , who was standing by , mute , moved as he had not expected to be by this reunion he had brought about ‘ — thanks to this intelligent and resourceful young man , it is over now . ’ |
| 7 | Able to dissemble , because those lads had not expected to be killed . |
| 8 | The two pitches of VII , which we had innocently expected to be the crux , were rapidly overcome with the confidence that comes from prior knowledge . |
| 9 | The speech he delivered at Labour Party 's headquarters in Walworth Road , at the moment he had confidently expected to be entering Downing St in triumph , was the most moving I have heard from any British politician since Churchill . |
| 10 | It admits that it had n't expected to be in this line of work so long , having thought Unix 's compatibility issues would have been resolved years ago . |
| 11 | The two policemen had n't expected to be followed ; they were concentrating on their efforts to find the men who were now hiding in the covered area amongst the seats that were tilted upright in their stored position . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She had n't expected to be greeted with open arms , but the reception she 'd actually received had shaken her to the core . |
| 14 | She had n't expected to be let off the hook so easily , but still … |
| 15 | She had fully expected to be dismissed the next morning , but nothing was said and she did n't ask . |
| 16 | Sabine had half expected to be taken round to some tradesman 's entrance , but Marie-Christine led the way to the main door , chattering nineteen to the dozen , clearly relieved that her mission was almost accomplished . |
| 17 | She had never expected to be beautiful , and she was startled to see how nearly she approached a kind of beauty . |
| 18 | She had never expected to be beautiful because nobody had ever suggested that she might be so . |
| 19 | ‘ I must say , ’ answered the pregnant girl , ‘ that I had never expected to be as tired by anything as I was during those awful nights in the Blitz when sleep seemed something one would never have again — but this is worse ! ’ |
| 20 | She had never expected to be this close to him again . |