Example sentences of "be [not/n't] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the Welsh Office says : ‘ Hospitals have the option to seek self-governing status , but we are not expecting many applications . ’ |
| 2 | General Accident are not expecting any additional claims activity as a result of the flooding in the Mid-West , the insurance costs of which are being handled under the US Government 's National Flood Insurance Programme . |
| 3 | Tranmere are not expecting any dramatic changes this time round , 12 months on after the massive upheaval that launched a new set-up last season . |
| 4 | They are not expecting special dispensation and that is why so many of the Lourdes pilgrimages are undertaken by genuine pilgrims who may not be able to throw away their crutches at the end but will find new strength from their visit . |
| 5 | Their plans for No 11 confirm that the couple are not expecting imminent eviction . |
| 6 | Bernard Moing , Univel 's regional marketing manager for Europe says , ‘ we 're not expecting any returns on UnixWare until the first quarter of 1993 , and then the take up will be limited for a further period . ’ |
| 7 | You do n't see many like that , I 'm not expecting that again . |
| 8 | I 'm not expecting any deliveries . ’ |
| 9 | Weekend press comment about the fragility of the recovery meant they were not expecting good news . |
| 10 | Kintsch and Bates ( 1977 ) tested students on their memory for classroom lectures several days after the lecture , when the students were not expecting such a test . |
| 11 | ‘ We were n't expecting this but we have been campaigning to get rid of the car tax for 20 years . |
| 12 | ‘ But I can see you were n't expecting this . ’ |
| 13 | Before leaving Britain we 'd learnt that the hike up to Mount Kenya 's ‘ walkers summit ’ , Point Lenana , was not too demanding , and that the climbing route up to the twin summits of Batian and Nelion was graded mainly Diff , with a few patches of Severe , so we were n't expecting any technical problems . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , you were n't to expect that . ’ |
| 15 | I was not expecting any of you . ’ |
| 16 | He was not expecting this display of outright defiance . |
| 17 | He was n't expecting much to have come in during his absence but if nothing else there should be something from the foreign residents department at the Questura . |
| 18 | He was n't expecting that . |
| 19 | I was n't expecting that . |
| 20 | Oh that 's a bit political Rachael is n't it a bit political I was n't expecting that |
| 21 | I was n't expecting all this . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I was n't expecting any instant miracles , ’ Richard smiled . |
| 23 | There was no answer , but then , she was n't expecting any . |
| 24 | ‘ I was n't expecting this . ’ |
| 25 | I missed the strike two weeks ago and I was n't expecting this . |