Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] not expect [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't expect things to be just good when you do them , however . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't expect miracles from him after being out of the first team for seven weeks . |
| 3 | I do n't expect politicians from Britain and France to understand , and I do n't expect their politics to bring peace here . ’ |
| 4 | You do n't expect players to be warned for excessive aggression at this level , but they were , and the first to be admonished was an old hand at listening to finger pointing lectures . |
| 5 | She did not expect letters but on hearing from her the news of Hal 's birth , they had at once despatched an enormous bearskin : a gift for the child . |
| 6 | We do n't expect videos from emerging artists because they can be very expensive , ’ explains Gatfield . |
| 7 | This takes note of the widespread area staff wish for the larger piece of time in a Region ( but also gives the shorter period too ) : it reduces a lot of sorting out of requests by the Overseas Groups and simplifies for them a pretty complicated and demanding piece of work : it means we do n't expect visitors to fly from one end of the UK & Ireland every 2 or 3 days as has sometimes happened in trying to meet a lot of requests . |
| 8 | ‘ In this part of Austria , we do n't expect babies and toddlers to fit in with hotel routine ; we 've adapted the hotels to suit them , ’ claimed the tourist officer for Vorarlberg . |
| 9 | WHEN we cast our votes at election time , we do n't expect candidates to be paragons of virtue but we do expect honesty and integrity — traits completely lacking in this discredited Government . |
| 10 | We do not expect doctors to run an intensive care unit simply by measuring the pulse rates of their patients . |
| 11 | We do not expect prices to rise generally for a further two years . |
| 12 | And one does n't expect thanks , of course , but when they use the handout — and then turn round and start blaspheming , you really do want to chuck the whole business up , and go and become a monk , or something . ’ |
| 13 | They do n't expect things to be done perfectly . |
| 14 | He had not expected things to go like this . |
| 15 | He does not expect miracles from Lennie and is not at all surprised when Lennie forgets things , even though he gets angry at him . |