Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] expect [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Well , I did not expect that from you . ’ |
2 | ‘ I did not expect this from you , Louisa . |
3 | Even overpraising does , at times , lead to tantrums as a child decides that your lavish praise means that you did n't expect much of him in the first place . |
4 | ‘ It hurt , all right , ’ he said , ‘ but I did n't expect that to be the result of the accident . |
5 | The second point i is this issue about self containment , er Mr Davis accused me this morning of using some somewhat outlandish words , I think , erm , I did obviously refer to the er my vision of what a new settlement of this size proposed would be , and I I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't expect that with the right planning that it could n't have clearly local facilities , local school , library , etcetera , but it seemed to me quite clear that the scale proposed it would not have the higher order functions which as we 've heard earlier , Greater York has been defined based on York 's planning assumptions , clearly the major shopping , educational , and social facilities will continue to be provided in the city , and it will produce what is in effect dormitory settlement . |
6 | I did n't expect this of you . |
7 | The special analyst they got for Italia 90 was Docherty , and he was , on the whole , pretty pathetic ( although I was amazed when , during England- Cameroun , he stated that England was playing terribly ; did n't expect this from someone commenting for a TV audience which was solidly pro-England ) . |
8 | If you do n't expect much from little Tommy then , little Tommy is less and less likely to give you anything much ! |
9 | ‘ You do n't expect that for a job paying £120 a week take home . |
10 | I do n't expect you to remember Higginbottom and Smith fifty four y'know I do n't expect that in an exam . |
11 | I do n't expect any of the players in Cwmni Theatr y Dreflan will suffer from any such illusions of greatness . |
12 | Lisa had not expected that of him . |