Example sentences of "do not expect [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I would n't er I do n't expect most things will completely but anyway we 'll see . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , I did not expect that from you . ’ |
| 3 | Also it is disappointing that despite these improvements in performance we still do not understand properly the physics of thermal insulation and we did not expect that increased density ( up to the limit when particle collisions take over ) would have quite the favourable effect that we have found in many machines . |
| 4 | In ( 2 ) , for instance , the idea of unmanly seems to correspond to what caused the person represented as the support of the infinitive to perform the action of treating a woman badly , and the sentence suggests that the speaker did not expect such unmanly behaviour from the person he is addressing . |
| 5 | I did not expect such kindness … |
| 6 | He added that he did not expect such an acceptable method of slaughter to evolve in the near future . |
| 7 | ‘ I did not expect this from you , Louisa . |
| 8 | On June 10 OPEC 's Secretary-General Subroto said in Madrid that the resumption of Kuwaiti and Iraqi oil exports would be co-ordinated by the organization , which did not expect this to affect the stabilization of prices later in 1991 . |
| 9 | Mrs Heaton said : ‘ I certainly did not expect this we had come to look at the architecture . ’ |
| 10 | I did not expect another career , since I felt that I had already had one , but in the event I found not only that , but a fascinating path through life that my original naval calling could not possibly have produced . |
| 11 | Society boss Geoffrey Lister said he did not expect any economic recovery in the immediate future . |
| 12 | Then came the day of joy when doctors at Newcastle upon Tyne General Hospital said they did not expect any more problems . |
| 13 | Sixty per cent of 1800 managing directors interviewed did not expect any improvement either in sales or new orders and 80 per cent said that they would either not be recruiting new staff or shedding staff . |
| 14 | Tess was not surprised at Mrs d'Urberville 's cold manner , and did not expect any more of such a great lady . |
| 15 | He stated that he did not expect any hostility when he returned to London . |
| 16 | Independent Counsel Lawrence E. Walsh announced on Sept. 17 that his investigation into the Iran-contra scandal was nearing its end , and that " in the absence of some new development " he did not expect any further indictments in connection with the affair . |
| 17 | Owen , though , did not expect any difficulty . |
| 18 | Prost , who claimed his 12th pole in 13 races this year , admitted he did not expect any special team orders to help him to his 52nd career victory . |
| 19 | Clyde also said that it did not expect any significant impact from last year 's Budget tax changes which restricted tax relief on future exploration spending . |
| 20 | No , and it says erm I really did not expect any Grace to answer . |
| 21 | But do not expect much new philosophy from the present government . |
| 22 | I am a woman , and also a writer who has used up her allotment of renown during her own lifetime ; and on those two grounds I do not expect much pity , or much understanding , from posterity . |
| 23 | I do not expect much joy from the Minister tonight , but I give warning that , for the time I remain on these Benches , with the label on which I came here eight and a half years ago — as a Labour Member of Parliament , albeit a Member who has a label beneath his name on the TV as an expelled Labour Member — I shall bring before the House the necessary measures not just to talk about the death of the poll tax but to bury it once and for all . |
| 24 | Although we predict that many of these sites are DNA-PK phosphorylation sites , we do not expect all Ser-Gln motifs to serve as DNA-PK recognition elements . |
| 25 | Even so we do not expect such spells to lead to permanent changes in our lifestyle . |
| 26 | Do not expect such a dramatic improvement on all of your reports but they will all benefit from a modest improvement . |
| 27 | ‘ The reason I have called you both here is to remind you that you are now second-year witches , and I do not expect this ridiculous feud between you two girls to continue . |
| 28 | Do not expect these wines to taste like champagne . |
| 29 | However , they do not expect any radical revision to emerge in the run-up to legislation . |
| 30 | Analysts do not expect any move for Ferranti until the radar contract is awarded , though one possible bidder — British Aerospace — has already ruled itself out . |