Example sentences of "n't expect the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had n't expected the papers to pick up on Thomas 's birth , ’ she went on , ‘ but when they did and when it was taken for granted that he was Simon 's I let that be , too . ’ |
| 2 | What I had n't expected was the reaction we got here today which is that erm whilst there are smiling dis , he 's smiling now , there are smiling districts who might be pleased to be named as areas in which a major exception might be accommodated and I had n't expected the others would like a bit of it if there was one going too . |
| 3 | Even if I had n't expected the gunships , their colours would have told me what they were . |
| 4 | They had n't expected the terrorists to turn up for at least another two days . |
| 5 | Erm , specialist newspapers , I really do n't expect the Times erm , to have any effect on the F T's sale . |
| 6 | That means joint commissioning , you have an example later on in your agenda in relation to learning disability services , I think it 's items nine , nine and eleven , erm , er , perhaps the most controversial part of the proposals that I 've , I 've put before the authorities , is that you do n't expect the structures for joint care planning to carry the full weight of joint commissioning when you 're talking about main budgets . |
| 7 | ‘ We expected Uri to bend a few spoons but we did n't expect the viewers to bend the truth , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Although I did n't expect the floods to be as high as they were my friend , Matthew , and I had planned to go out in this American style canoe . |
| 9 | This confirms previous reports last week strenuously denied by both Digital and Ingres UK management : both parties say ‘ negotiations ’ on the deal are currently under way at the DECWorld extravaganza in Boston , but do n't expect the cards to fall any other way . |
| 10 | The company troubled by problems of getting the database off the mainframe and running on local area networks and Unix , did n't expect the modifications to be so extensive . |