Example sentences of "do [adv] expect [pers pn] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I move against them do not expect me to treat you differently from the way I treat them . |
| 2 | Do not expect me to congratulate you , madam , I am too busy congratulating myself that I am not the father-in-law of a man who can speak so demeaningly of any young girl in public . |
| 3 | I am enclosing tickets for the new play and as they are in the front stalls , I may see you as I come on , ; but do not expect me to salute you , you understand , as I shall be taken up with my part . |
| 4 | ‘ Ethel , ’ continued Miss Hardbroom , ‘ just because you happen to be an excellent scholar and one of the most helpful members of my class , I do not expect you to lie your way out of a situation when it has become awkward . |
| 5 | Although shareholders , we do not expect you to alter your currently successful business strategy . |
| 6 | He was quite an average sort of pupil , nothing out of the ordinary , and I certainly did n't expect him to become what he is today . ’ |
| 7 | Oh , she had n't missed Naylor 's eyes on her a time or two when she exchanged some comment with Travis — but surely he did n't expect her to ignore him ! |
| 8 | You did n't expect me to open it , did you ? ’ |
| 9 | but there were some of the things in there and I just did n't expect them to ask me , and it was n't in the book like . |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't expect you to ask me in . ’ |
| 11 | I did n't expect it to hit me quite so hard , but when I think about it it 's because I 'm so bloody sad that the last fourteen years were spent in dying not in living . |
| 12 | ‘ He 's quite good at that , though I do n't expect him to do it again ! ’ |
| 13 | I do n't expect them to jack it in . ’ |
| 14 | When I meet people I like , instead of saying more and showing I like them and asking questions , I sort of clam up , as if I do n't expect them to like me , or as if I 'm not interesting enough for them . |
| 15 | So , you can certainly get successful results from pressing wild flowers , but do n't expect them to keep their colours as well as their cultivated counterparts . |
| 16 | Do n't expect them to help you , because all their help will be a hindrance . |
| 17 | Do n't expect me to support you . ’ |
| 18 | Do n't expect me to carry them ! |
| 19 | ‘ So until you know a little more of what it 's all about , do n't expect me to take you seriously . |
| 20 | Do n't expect me to finance your alcoholism . |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't expect me to humble myself , Noyon , ’ he said coldly . |
| 22 | ‘ Well ? ’ she said , ‘ I hope you do n't expect me to give you anything . ’ |
| 23 | But just remember one thing — next time you 're exhausted , do n't expect me to put you to bed again . ’ |
| 24 | You do n't expect me to tell you what you should do , do you ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You do n't expect me to tell you that , do you ’ he says . |
| 26 | Do n't expect me to wipe your tears . |
| 27 | And next time do n't expect me to help you . ’ |
| 28 | If you 're suffering withdrawal symptoms , that 's too bad , but do n't expect me to help you . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Just do n't expect me to eat anything cooked in it , ’ he says . |
| 30 | Do n't expect me to pity you . |