Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pron] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think we expected anything else , ’ said Floy , with complete courtesy and Caspar hunched his shoulders crossly and said , ‘ There might be a plan . |
| 2 | ‘ They said it would be all right if I had the serial numbers but I do n't think they expected me back , ’ she said . |
| 3 | Well I do n't think they expect you to anyway . |
| 4 | I do n't think she expected a present |
| 5 | I did n't think you expected anything from this one ! |
| 6 | You do n't think I expected you to have two hundred pounds on you , do you ? |
| 7 | Arms she had n't let herself expect . |
| 8 | Facing the prospect of having your pet put down can be daunting , especially as people often do n't know what to expect . |
| 9 | ‘ After leading last year I then relaxed , partly because I did n't know what to expect , and ended up missing the four-round cut by one shot . ’ |
| 10 | The visit could be ‘ frightening ’ to a practitioner who does n't know what to expect . |
| 11 | You have no reputation to encourage a publisher ; they do n't know what to expect . |
| 12 | The parents do not know what to expect of you and you do n't know what to expect of them . |
| 13 | I had never been to Asia before and really did n't know what to expect . |
| 14 | As Wittgenstein observed : ‘ If however I doubt whether a spider feels pain , it is not because I do n't know what to expect ’ ( Z 564 ) . |
| 15 | Going to a new prison , you do n't know what to expect . |
| 16 | I did n't know what to expect when I came back to school . |
| 17 | I did n't know what to expect and no-one had really told me . |
| 18 | Sabine did n't know what to expect . |
| 19 | ‘ We did n't know what to expect ’ said . |
| 20 | ‘ So you did n't know what to expect ? ’ |
| 21 | Last time I did n't know what to expect . |
| 22 | Last time I did n't know what to expect . |
| 23 | I have n't played it before , I did n't know what to expect . |
| 24 | ‘ It was my first marathon , so I did n't know what to expect . |
| 25 | Well that 's what I was trying to say , because all the patient does n't know what to expect anyway . |
| 26 | Jane had never been to the aerodrome before — not actually past the guardroom and through the gates — and she had n't known what to expect that night . |
| 27 | She had n't known what to expect of marriage , not precisely . |
| 28 | ‘ I remember , but that did n't mean I expected you to freeze to death . ’ |