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Example sentences for "expected every"

  • Tetons would attempt to Stop us and under that Hear we prepared our Selves for action which we expected every moment.

  • W and blew with great violence for the remainder of the day at maney times it blew for 15 or 20 minits with Such violence that I expected every moment to See trees taken up by the roots, Some were blown down.

  • Such violence that I expected every moment to See trees taken up by the roots, maney were blown down.

  • We went forward, however, keeping our eyes over the starboard bow, where we expected every instant to see it.

  • If they had before seen us they might have observed the spot where we had disappeared, and I expected every moment to have my head whipped off my shoulders.

  • We watched the masts quivering as the ship plunged into the seas, and we expected every moment to see them go by the board.

  • I expected every instant to feel one of those ugly-looking spears plunged into my back.

  • As we advanced it grew deeper and deeper, and we expected every moment to have our horses taken off their legs; still it would not do to turn back.

  • It took us some time to get the horses out, for they were plunging and kicking so that I expected every moment to see them dislodge the heavy, cumbersome carriage, and send it plunging into the river.

  • We had not gone ten lengths before, getting his head well down, he set to kicking and bucking with such a will, that I expected every instant to see the girths snap and the saddle sent flying!

  • I expected every moment to find myself minus an ear, and was relieved when he had finished, and not a little surprised to find that he had done it extremely well.

  • My spirits at this forsook me, and I expected every moment to go to the bottom: I determined if I should still be saved that I would never swear again.

  • In this situation I expected every hour to share the fate of my companions, some of whom were almost daily brought upon deck at the point of death, which I began to hope would soon put an end to my miseries.

  • I heard frequent rustlings among the leaves; and being pretty sure they were snakes I expected every instant to be stung by them.

  • I expected every moment to hear shots and see one or two of the animals fall; but away they ambled southward, quite unchecked.

  • His heart was jumping--he expected every moment to hear the snap of his trap.

  • I expected every moment to see the foremost fall.

  • I expected every moment to see a huge form rise among the hummocks ahead, or come rushing towards me.

  • I expected every moment to hear our captain give the word to fire, but he refrained from doing so.

  • We expected every moment to be in sight of a herd of the huge animals.

  • If the project has not been given up they must be expected every minute; they had double the time which they wanted, and such winds as ought have brought them in four days.

  • Unless the storm has forced Jones to put in some French harbour, he may be expected every minute.

  • My soul was so happy, I expected every moment to be cut down and sent into His presence; but not a shot touched me!

  • I expected every moment to be seized and dragged back, so I climbed all the faster, and looked up to see how much farther I had to go.

  • He cried, and beat the form till I thought his arms would be black and blue; then he took up the form and beat the floor with it, till I expected every moment it would come to pieces.

  • A fine moonlight night came on, and we expected every moment to see the ships alongside of us; but we saw nothing of them in the night, and to our great astonishment in the morning no ships were to be seen even from the mast-head.

  • I never in my life, in any part of the world, have seen such a sea as runs here, we expected every wave to swallow us, and the boat to founder.

  • Yet I cannot say my situation was very easy, as I expected every instant to see two or three men come in and thrust me out, if they did not deal with me in a rougher manner.

  • The tide here ran seven knots an hour, and such bores sometimes came down, with immense quantities of weeds, that we expected every moment to be adrift.

  • During this time we had a high sea, which ran in great confusion from all quarters and broke against the ship in a strange manner, making her roll with so violent and sudden a motion, that I expected every moment to lose our masts.

  • One man was killed outright, Silas appeared to be mortally wounded, and I expected every instant to drop.

  • Once more, after an arduous run over rough boulders, among which I expected every instant to fall and break my legs, if not my neck, I again caught sight of the raft sticking fast between two rocks.

  • All this time the canoe was rocking so violently from side to side that I expected every instant to find myself struggling in the water.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    advanced towards; awful nice; but merely; certain occasions; expected every; expected from; expected from; great length; looked after; magnetic needle; marched back; mental work; modern library; nor any; previously mentioned; selling price; seventy feet; sexual intercourse; shall hold; this date; twelve times; will dare; worked hard