Example sentences of "n't know [pron] expect " in BNC.

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1 Facing the prospect of having your pet put down can be daunting , especially as people often do n't know what to expect .
2 ‘ 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 . ’
3 The visit could be ‘ frightening ’ to a practitioner who does n't know what to expect .
4 You have no reputation to encourage a publisher ; they do n't know what to expect .
5 The parents do not know what to expect of you and you do n't know what to expect of them .
6 I had never been to Asia before and really did n't know what to expect .
7 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 ) .
8 Going to a new prison , you do n't know what to expect .
9 I did n't know what to expect when I came back to school .
10 I did n't know what to expect and no-one had really told me .
11 Sabine did n't know what to expect .
12 ‘ We did n't know what to expect ’ said .
13 ‘ So you did n't know what to expect ? ’
14 Last time I did n't know what to expect .
15 Last time I did n't know what to expect .
16 I have n't played it before , I did n't know what to expect .
17 ‘ It was my first marathon , so I did n't know what to expect .
18 Well that 's what I was trying to say , because all the patient does n't know what to expect anyway .
19 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 .
20 She had n't known what to expect of marriage , not precisely .
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