Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not expect King Arthur to rise fully accoutred from the cave in which he lies asleep , any more than I expect my father to clamber out of his shallow pit of prison lime . |
| 2 | We do not expect doctors to run an intensive care unit simply by measuring the pulse rates of their patients . |
| 3 | We do not expect prices to rise generally for a further two years . |
| 4 | The committee do not expect members participating to be put to any expense or undue trouble , the proposal is merely to be an ‘ old boy ’ friend in a strange town or country . |
| 5 | The Zande do not expect things to work unless they are properly made . |
| 6 | ‘ Sir , surely you do not expect Dinah to spend all her days as a spinster , living for nothing but the stage ? |
| 7 | Do not expect equipment to withstand abuse , if it did it would be unaffordable . |
| 8 | We are providing a great deal of advice and training for officials of different carriers — and not merely for British Airways , because we do not expect airline officials to be immigration officers ; that is not their function . |
| 9 | Lawson says do not expect EMS news |
| 10 | They do not expect security guarantees . |
| 11 | ‘ We tell our residents that we offer homes for life , and we do not expect people to move on , ’ she explained . |
| 12 | I do not expect shame from Ministers , but I should have thought that all the Ministers present , and all the others who might come in later , would be a little wary about pressing this matter . |
| 13 | We do n't expect videos from emerging artists because they can be very expensive , ’ explains Gatfield . |
| 14 | Do n't expect Alan checked on you yesterday . |
| 15 | There are plenty of famous faces in Debbie Frank 's new book , but do n't expect secrets . |
| 16 | Do n't expect Schedule Express to go into the fine details of resource management . |
| 17 | Do n't expect governors to take on more than they can manage . |
| 18 | But you do n't expect rationality from such people . |
| 19 | ‘ Do n't expect gratitude from these buggers , ’ he says . |
| 20 | You do n't expect players to be warned for excessive aggression at this level , but they were , and the first to be admonished was an old hand at listening to finger pointing lectures . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't expect things to be just good when you do them , however . |
| 22 | They do n't expect things to be done perfectly . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't expect happiness ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't expect sympathy . |
| 25 | Do n't expect Wills to be the perfect ruler |
| 26 | Do n't expect Wills to be the perfect ruler |
| 27 | Do n't expect Wills to be the perfect ruler |
| 28 | Do n't expect meetings , discussions or journeys to go smoothly between the 12th and 16th . |
| 29 | This takes note of the widespread area staff wish for the larger piece of time in a Region ( but also gives the shorter period too ) : it reduces a lot of sorting out of requests by the Overseas Groups and simplifies for them a pretty complicated and demanding piece of work : it means we do n't expect visitors to fly from one end of the UK & Ireland every 2 or 3 days as has sometimes happened in trying to meet a lot of requests . |
| 30 | Isobel said , ‘ I do n't expect Peter minds as much as you do . ’ |