Example sentences of "not expect [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't expect gratitude from these buggers , ’ he says . |
| 4 | We ca n't expect help from her . ’ |
| 5 | You did n't expect Uncle to be in it … |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | When you actually abolish these things , you ca n't expect behaviour to be totally unchanged . |
| 8 | But you do n't expect rationality from such people . |
| 9 | 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 . |