Example sentences of "i [verb] [not/n't] expect [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Well I would n't er I do n't expect most things will completely but anyway we 'll see . |
2 | One can not prove a personal judgment of this kind , and I do not expect immediate assent to it . |
3 | I am a woman , and also a writer who has used up her allotment of renown during her own lifetime ; and on those two grounds I do not expect much pity , or much understanding , from posterity . |
4 | I do not expect much joy from the Minister tonight , but I give warning that , for the time I remain on these Benches , with the label on which I came here eight and a half years ago — as a Labour Member of Parliament , albeit a Member who has a label beneath his name on the TV as an expelled Labour Member — I shall bring before the House the necessary measures not just to talk about the death of the poll tax but to bury it once and for all . |
5 | I do not expect any difficulty in getting approval for the larger sum , and can do that at the same time as tenders are to hand for acceptance , but it will remain important to contain the total project cost as far as possible . |
6 | Hungarian-born Mr Soros , 62 , told a London news conference : ‘ I do n't expect other people to make donations of this size . |
7 | But I do n't expect much change out of £6,000 . ’ |
8 | Manager Andy Roxburgh said : ‘ I do n't expect any problems . |
9 | I do n't expect most people to agree with these figures . |
10 | I did not expect such kindness … |
11 | I did not expect another career , since I felt that I had already had one , but in the event I found not only that , but a fascinating path through life that my original naval calling could not possibly have produced . |
12 | It was still early so I did n't expect many customers , but I did expect more than one — me . |
13 | ‘ I did n't expect this treatment from my father 's oldest friend , ’ said Monks angrily , sitting down with a frown on his face . |
14 | I did n't expect this match . ’ |
15 | I did n't expect this match . ’ |
16 | I did n't expect this sort of driving from a three-times world champion . ’ |