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  • Morrell manages to keep us guessing the whole way through -- as I mentioned earlier, I half-expected the hotel to be haunted.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • Most days I half-expected to hear his voice in my head—asking for forgiveness, asking to meet me after class, chastising me for abandoning my so-called training.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • So expertly was Redknapp's head framed – window fully scrolled down, relaxed in open-necked shirt – that you half-expected him to start plugging a fitness DVD or leaping up to perform his latest single.

    Transfer deadline day's hype is over, long live the quavering hype | Barney Ronay 2011

  • I half-expected to see a gussied up version of "Mutant X" after hearing about plans to produce a show about regular people with extraordinary abilities.

    Archive 2009-10-01 2009

  • I half-expected to see a gussied up version of "Mutant X" after hearing about plans to produce a show about regular people with extraordinary abilities.

    The Mondays: There Goes My "Heroes" 2009

  • Amlinn did as she was told, but she still half-expected to be arrested by the Priests the moment she set foot in the street.

    The first sentence I wrote today… ewillett 2009

  • When the tangle of bodies cleared up, I half-expected Karen to be weeping and ready to leave.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • Most days I half-expected to hear his voice in my head—asking for forgiveness, asking to meet me after class, chastising me for abandoning my so-called training.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • Most days I half-expected to hear his voice in my head—asking for forgiveness, asking to meet me after class, chastising me for abandoning my so-called training.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • Morrell manages to keep us guessing the whole way through -- as I mentioned earlier, I half-expected the hotel to be haunted.

    Book Review: "Creepers" by David Morrell 2009

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  • ergo half-unexpected

    October 5, 2010

  • What's if it's expecting in the sense of being with child, as in, errr, half-pregnant.

    October 5, 2010

  • You're half-right.

    October 5, 2010

  • ...but pint received. Ta, landlord.

    October 6, 2010