Example sentences of "expected [pron] to be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hanfmann describes ‘ a rather arrogant colleague ’ who ‘ told me that he knew I wrote good case histories , but had not expected me to be so good at theory ’ ( 1983 : 147 ) . |
| 2 | Fergus looked up , because for all Dierdriu 's hubris , he had not expected her to be so suddenly direct . |
| 3 | She had n't expected him to be simply standing there , watching her , and her breath caught in a small gasp as she almost collided with him . |
| 4 | At the very least I had expected him to be physically frail and mentally chastened ; a boy worn out by his long addiction and frightened of the criminal charges that hung over him , but instead he came out of the limo and down the dock with the frisky energy of a puppy . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd never have expected him to be as supportive as he was , ’ says Sean , ‘ but it brought us closer together . |
| 6 | The point being that even Bleasdale who knew Palin well had n't expected him to be quite so nice . |
| 7 | As actors , they were all used to people looking different off-screen , but none of them had expected him to be so tall . |
| 8 | I had expected it to be best for trenching and shaping in the vertical position , but on all but the softest of timbers it failed to supply a substantial cut . |
| 9 | One might have expected it to be either suffocated or swallowed up . |
| 10 | He had not expected it to be so beautiful . |
| 11 | She 'd expected it to be more sumptuous than it was . |
| 12 | Empty , of course , but then he had n't expected it to be that easy . |