Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] not expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not expect King Arthur to rise fully accoutred from the cave in which he lies asleep , any more than I expect my father to clamber out of his shallow pit of prison lime . |
| 2 | I do not expect shame from Ministers , but I should have thought that all the Ministers present , and all the others who might come in later , would be a little wary about pressing this matter . |
| 3 | ‘ Sir , surely you do not expect Dinah to spend all her days as a spinster , living for nothing but the stage ? |
| 4 | We do not expect doctors to run an intensive care unit simply by measuring the pulse rates of their patients . |
| 5 | We do not expect prices to rise generally for a further two years . |
| 6 | We are providing a great deal of advice and training for officials of different carriers — and not merely for British Airways , because we do not expect airline officials to be immigration officers ; that is not their function . |
| 7 | ‘ We tell our residents that we offer homes for life , and we do not expect people to move on , ’ she explained . |
| 8 | They do not expect security guarantees . |