Example sentences of "[not/n't] expect [pron] come " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the essence of the problem : the press could only be managed by someone who knew their methods and who would not expect them to come round to Central Office to search for news . |
| 2 | In his more pessimistic moments some rogue part of his mind knew this darkness to be inevitable , although he did not expect it to come in his time , maybe not even in his son 's . |
| 3 | Director of OEM and technology licensing for IBM 's advanced workstations and systems division , Lucian Bifano said ‘ Since the [ PowerPC ] agreement with Motorola and Apple 18 months ago , we speculated on who would be the first to market with a product ; we certainly did not expect it to come four months after our October announcement of the first silicon ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ But you did n't expect me to come . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ He 's angry and irritable and he 's made it clear from the very beginning that he does n't expect me to come up to scratch . ’ |
| 6 | I know I should n't really cos I should n't expect them to come back at all , but it annoys me when |
| 7 | Erm again i er the old story , we ca n't get speakers on a Monday and better luck in last year this year , sorry er I was able to get Danny but there again he came very expensive erm but we brought , we had to bring him from Lancaster so er , you ca n't expect him to come for nothing . |
| 8 | I did n't expect him to come . ’ |
| 9 | He did n't expect us to come rolling out of the pubs drunk , and the Yorkshire pudding to get flung at the ceiling with the gravy running down the walls like the tears of a black madonna . |
| 10 | " You ca n't expect us to come here ? " |
| 11 | Well next time you 're in a taxi getting shaken about by a monster from Hell , do n't expect us to come to your rescue again . |
| 12 | Francis , hands thrust deep into his trouser pockets , said : ‘ I thought he seemed a bit queer at lunch but I did n't expect it to come to this … ’ |
| 13 | I did n't expect you to come so soon . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Oh — I did n't expect you to come round again . |