Example sentences of "[verb] not expect the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not expect the lodger to return . |
| 2 | But he did not expect the rice-flail , you know , the sticks joined by a chain . |
| 3 | This enabled them to control the activities of people who did not expect the Navigation Acts to be taken seriously . |
| 4 | He certainly did not expect the shock of a gunshot , cutting through the sounds of the grass . |
| 5 | Even in 1987 voters did not expect the return of a Labour or Conservative government to make a significant difference . |
| 6 | On Oct. 24 , 1990 , Attali said that he did not expect the EBRD , which had capitalization of ECU10,000 million ( US$12,400 million ) , to make a profit until 1992 . |
| 7 | Rumour has it that most of them are unhedged at these levels : they did not expect the currency to rise this far . |
| 8 | ‘ I did not expect the humour but I liked it , ’ said Alma Cox , of Leeds . |
| 9 | I did not expect the greeting to be quite so enthusiastic . |
| 10 | Gilmont said he did not expect the bank to lay off personnel as a result of increased EDI use ; rather , they would be redeployed to more ‘ value-added ’ jobs . |
| 11 | Since those who were politically important did not expect the occupant to remain there for long , they brusquely declined to listen to his requests for refurbishment . |
| 12 | He told Mr Justice Michael Davies and the jury he did not expect the Cossacks to be massacred without trial — the fate of many thousands . |
| 13 | They are not dissatisfied with the job content because they did not expect the job to be intrinsically rewarding . |
| 14 | It is a modest proposition , but I do not expect the Minister to accept it . |
| 15 | I do not expect the Minister to say that the matter is outwith his ministerial remit . |
| 16 | I do not expect the Minister to be helpful — |
| 17 | Ferguson said : ‘ It will be a very tight game and I do not expect the Russians to be too adventurous . |
| 18 | Since we do not expect the front-end to recognize only the correct phonemes we also look at less informative representations . |
| 19 | Do not expect the world around you to change . |
| 20 | We do not expect the running costs of the Trident force to be significantly different from those of Polaris . |
| 21 | Naturally , I do not expect the apologists on the Government Front Bench to criticise the Government 's policies , still less to condemn their actions . |
| 22 | We do not expect the elders of our own party to join this unhelpful cause . |
| 23 | Secondly , most schools at present do not expect the student to spend very much of his school time in individual study except at the whim or discretion of the teacher , and the only facilities for such study are the school library ( when available ) and , for the older students in the sixth form , sometimes a sixth-form study room . |
| 24 | While we do not expect the Revenue to provide a canteen service , presumably the inspectors and their staff have tea-making facilities at their offices . |
| 25 | I had not expected the level of exposure , the narrowness of the arêtes , the commitment . |
| 26 | They had not expected the newcomer to speak so soon . |
| 27 | He told police he had not expected the fires to spread so quickly , and blamed hot summer weather . |
| 28 | Dr Sagdeev approves , but does not expect the trend to continue , given the budget deficit . |
| 29 | He does not expect the effects of the Budget to be felt locally for some time . |
| 30 | Indeed he does not expect the firm to derive any long-term revenues from object services , common management services or common interface layers . |