Example sentences of "[not/n't] expect [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had not expected Rain to be there and definitely expected her to leave before he did . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Pound was in all seriousness embarked on an epic poem ( which he defined , following of all unlikely authorities Rudyard Kipling , as ‘ the tile of the tribe ’ ) ; he could not and did not expect understanding from readers who supposed that the epic poem had died in the seventeenth century if not before , whose expectations therefore were conditioned by their experience of the brief or else extended lyric . |
| 4 | Did n't he think she was sophisticated enough not to expect commitment after a one-night stand ? |
| 5 | Married women who had not been receiving support from their husband when they were first interviewed , and were therefore not expecting support from him during subsequent crises , had a much reduced risk of depression if they received help from someone else whom they had named as very close at the first interview . |
| 6 | Jacob was not expecting forgiveness from his brother . |
| 7 | We 're not expecting trouble from them and we 're there to help and direct them into the areas where they can get into the ground . |
| 8 | Nicholson 's customers are not price sensitive explains Tony , although he stresses that this is different to not expecting value for money . |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't expect gratitude from these buggers , ’ he says . |
| 10 | We ca n't expect help from her . ’ |
| 11 | You did n't expect Uncle to be in it … |
| 12 | Artists who had been turned down ca n't expect assistance from a record company which already has a number of signed acts needing help and attention . |
| 13 | When you actually abolish these things , you ca n't expect behaviour to be totally unchanged . |
| 14 | But you do n't expect rationality from such people . |
| 15 | They were relaxed , joking amongst themselves ; it was a relief to be on a march where they did n't expect trouble after the last few weeks of demonstrations and violence . |