Example sentences of "[verb] not expect [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not expect to see much of Liz and Alix , who had married and made their own lives after another pattern . |
| 2 | Eddie Ramsay , managing director of the Powderhall greyhound track in Edinburgh , said he did not expect to lose much business if the bookmakers did extend their hours . |
| 3 | Evidently he did not expect to give riotous or alcoholic parties at times when the tutor might be in . |
| 4 | The publication of his work generally provoked in Eliot a sense of release — he had evacuated something , to use one of his favourite expressions , and was left with an agreeable sensation of vacancy — and after the appearance of " Little Gidding " in the autumn , he did not expect to do any serious intellectual work during the winter . |
| 5 | I do not expect to see another version as good as Binyon 's … |
| 6 | They do not expect to make any other arrests . |
| 7 | After my tour , I did n't expect to hit top form right away . |
| 8 | I did n't expect to find such a difference in you . ’ |
| 9 | He did n't expect to find any as the hotel had recently been refurbished and the KGB would have used the latest available technology , burying it in the plasterwork , the heating and the plumbing . |
| 10 | But otherwise I I do n't expect to need any more work on this for this Friday . |
| 11 | True , Leeds do n't expect to score 10 against Stuttgart , their first round European opponents this season — but Collins believes Wilkinson can plot the downfall of the Germans . |
| 12 | Middlesbrough and Charlton make up the group , Charlton tonight away to , Middlesbrough do n't play this evening , er no details as yet about how the game is going in Italy and we do n't expect to have any details either er because of the difficulties getting the score from Italy . |
| 13 | Sound quality Do n't expect to get brilliant sound quality from a small speaker . |
| 14 | I cos quite frankly I have never heard such an exciting R S P C A man as that last one so I do n't expect to get much response to that . |
| 15 | Eighth , do n't expect to get any sort of sensible answers from a company who sells computers which happen to be capable of being used for desktop publishing . |
| 16 | I have applied to the grant scheme Environment Wales for some funds , but I do n't expect to get more than a few hundred pounds , if anything at all . |
| 17 | Aidan Marron , defending Wishart and Drummond , said the men had not expected to get such a large haul . |
| 18 | Er , the position of the British government is this , that it regrets er the inconvenience and the expense , er it would like to see a very sensible resolution but it knows that there will only be a resolution as I know the honourable gentleman knows by unanimity and it does not expect to see that unanimity in the future though it will work for it . |
| 19 | Chairman Robin Biggam said that he does not expect to see any improvement until 1993 . |
| 20 | Mr Maitland said that he does not expect to receive any proceeds from the liquidation . |
| 21 | Kowalik looks a good prospect on the evidence of his first two Ipswich meetings and he does not expect to miss many British League meetings . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm retiring , ’ Fox said , realising that she had n't expected to say that . |
| 23 | She had n't expected to get much sleep , but exhaustion finally overcame her and she lapsed into a fitful , restless doze , tossing and turning through the long night as dreams haunted her mind . |
| 24 | He had n't expected to find such a quiet unassuming man . |
| 25 | I had n't expected to find this turmoil . ’ |
| 26 | As reported ( UX No 410 ) , IBM has extended its OEM agreement with fault-tolerant supplier Stratus Computer Inc for another three years , although the fault-tolerant system builder says it does n't expect to get much more business as a result . |
| 27 | He said the firm does n't expect to match that price but claims it will offer twice the performance at just under £5,000 . |