Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] not expect [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am a woman , and also a writer who has used up her allotment of renown during her own lifetime ; and on those two grounds I do not expect much pity , or much understanding , from posterity . |
| 2 | I do not expect much joy from the Minister tonight , but I give warning that , for the time I remain on these Benches , with the label on which I came here eight and a half years ago — as a Labour Member of Parliament , albeit a Member who has a label beneath his name on the TV as an expelled Labour Member — I shall bring before the House the necessary measures not just to talk about the death of the poll tax but to bury it once and for all . |
| 3 | ‘ The reason I have called you both here is to remind you that you are now second-year witches , and I do not expect this ridiculous feud between you two girls to continue . |
| 4 | I do not expect any difficulty in getting approval for the larger sum , and can do that at the same time as tenders are to hand for acceptance , but it will remain important to contain the total project cost as far as possible . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I did not expect that from you . ’ |
| 6 | I did not expect such kindness … |
| 7 | ‘ I did not expect this from you , Louisa . |
| 8 | I did not expect another career , since I felt that I had already had one , but in the event I found not only that , but a fascinating path through life that my original naval calling could not possibly have produced . |
| 9 | On June 10 OPEC 's Secretary-General Subroto said in Madrid that the resumption of Kuwaiti and Iraqi oil exports would be co-ordinated by the organization , which did not expect this to affect the stabilization of prices later in 1991 . |
| 10 | It was humiliating , and she had not expected that kind of reaction from him . |
| 11 | She had not expected such direct questioning . |
| 12 | Grainne had known that when it finally came to it , she would be afraid — for I have never known anyone other than Fergus , and with Fergus it was so natural and so sweet — but she had not expected this sudden rush of tenderness . |
| 13 | She had accepted that she could not help loving him , but she had not expected this result . |
| 14 | She had not expected this . |
| 15 | ‘ Wait , ’ gasped Troy , who had not expected this , ‘ let me breathe ! |
| 16 | Also it is disappointing that despite these improvements in performance we still do not understand properly the physics of thermal insulation and we did not expect that increased density ( up to the limit when particle collisions take over ) would have quite the favourable effect that we have found in many machines . |
| 17 | Even so we do not expect such spells to lead to permanent changes in our lifestyle . |
| 18 | Although we predict that many of these sites are DNA-PK phosphorylation sites , we do not expect all Ser-Gln motifs to serve as DNA-PK recognition elements . |
| 19 | We do not expect any component buying problem to be encountered by constructors of the Vehicle Watchdog . |
| 20 | Doubtless there will be no thanks for that and we do not expect any . |
| 21 | We do not expect any blowback . ’ |
| 22 | Although they appear to have stabilised , we do not expect those markets to settle down until Spring next year particularly with the impact of a weak dollar . |
| 23 | Then came the day of joy when doctors at Newcastle upon Tyne General Hospital said they did not expect any more problems . |
| 24 | However , they do not expect any radical revision to emerge in the run-up to legislation . |
| 25 | The patients realise this and they do not expect any effective help anymore : medicines , sutures , needles are all scarce or absent . |
| 26 | They had not expected that . |
| 27 | He added that he did not expect such an acceptable method of slaughter to evolve in the near future . |
| 28 | Society boss Geoffrey Lister said he did not expect any economic recovery in the immediate future . |
| 29 | He stated that he did not expect any hostility when he returned to London . |
| 30 | Independent Counsel Lawrence E. Walsh announced on Sept. 17 that his investigation into the Iran-contra scandal was nearing its end , and that " in the absence of some new development " he did not expect any further indictments in connection with the affair . |