Example sentences of "[not/n't] expect [to-vb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Duc de Choiseul did not expect to occupy England , much less incorporate it in Louis XV 's empire , but merely to distract his enemy from further conquests overseas and encourage an early peace . |
| 2 | While we 're out of God 's will we can not expect to experience God 's blessing . |
| 3 | Belinda , five , had n't expected to see Santa yesterday — but then her mother and father , Gill and Paul , had not expected to be celebrating at the hospital . |
| 4 | The move is n't expected to put SunSoft Inc 's nose out of joint , the effort is parallel to SunSoft 's unbundling of the Solaris operating system . |
| 5 | The fool was careless , of course , but then he did n't expect to find Lady Isabel de Tracy in a flea-ridden alehouse . |