Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] expect [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Having half expected that hair to feel crisp , to prickle beneath her palms as it had against her breasts , she was surprised to find that it felt as soft as down . |
2 | Abolitionists did not expect immediate conversion by slaveholders ; it was not necessary in so far as they were sure planters could not for long resist the economic imperatives . |
3 | I did not expect such kindness … |
4 | When Qaddafi abolished the state he did not expect Libyan society to collapse into fragments . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | He did not expect domestic coal supplies to be insulated from world price trends — especially as government grants to the National Coal Board will have to rise over the next few years . |
7 | Owen , though , did not expect any difficulty . |
8 | No , and it says erm I really did not expect any Grace to answer . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | He stated that he did not expect any hostility when he returned to London . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | One can not prove a personal judgment of this kind , and I do not expect immediate assent to it . |
14 | I do not expect any difficulty in getting approval for the larger sum , and can do that at the same time as tenders are to hand for acceptance , but it will remain important to contain the total project cost as far as possible . |
15 | We do not expect any component buying problem to be encountered by constructors of the Vehicle Watchdog . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | We do not expect any blowback . ’ |
19 | People did n't expect such violence and brutality . |
20 | ‘ I did n't expect this treatment from my father 's oldest friend , ’ said Monks angrily , sitting down with a frown on his face . |
21 | I did n't expect this match . ’ |
22 | I did n't expect this match . ’ |
23 | I did n't expect this sort of driving from a three-times world champion . ’ |
24 | If you plan to take part in a risky sport like skin-diving or hang-gliding , do n't expect automatic cover . |
25 | But I do n't expect much change out of £6,000 . ’ |
26 | DO N'T expect romantic comedy from Bill Alexander 's production of The Taming of the Shrew at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre , Stratford-upon-Avon . |
27 | Just do n't expect any mercy if you 're a complete dimbo … |
28 | ‘ You do n't expect any payment when he becomes your apprentice ? ’ she continued . |
29 | DO N'T EXPECT ANY CHARITY |
30 | If you want to be , go ahead , but do n't expect any sympathy or back-up from me . ’ |