Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] n't expect [noun] " 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 | Isobel said , ‘ I do n't expect Peter minds as much as you do . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't expect happiness ! ’ |
| 5 | I do n't expect Scott and Emma will come in your car but I would just go with you if that 's okay . |
| 6 | yeah recruiting , dog shitting on their street etc etc etc that we do our best to deal with in the yer know time honoured tradition of a policeman and a and we 're police officer sorry , sorry Trace , er and er we just you know I think it 's more a P R O thing than er anybody , but I do n't expect you to man it , I do n't expect Jenny or Ann or or Jane to man it |
| 7 | Now , I do n't expect Matthew to support that for one moment , but what I 'm saying to committee is that is our pragmatic solution at this moment . |
| 8 | I do n't expect John Major to do so , but the TUC will . ’ |
| 9 | I do n't expect politicians from Britain and France to understand , and I do n't expect their politics to bring peace here . ’ |
| 10 | I did n't expect Pete home any special time . ’ |
| 11 | I did n't expect Mr Meredith Williams to stay , ’ he said curtly . |
| 12 | Oh I did n't expect Clare to go down ill again . |
| 13 | You did n't expect Uncle to be in it … |
| 14 | You did n't expect people to clock in these days . |
| 15 | But you do n't expect rationality from such people . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | So what , when you 're paying that much for the hi-fi you do n't expect sound quality you 'll get from a tape to tape , it 's thought , the sound quality is so crap you might as well just do it on a shit thing |
| 18 | We do n't expect videos from emerging artists because they can be very expensive , ’ explains Gatfield . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | We do n't expect Adrian to say ‘ life must go on ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | They were relaxed , joking amongst themselves ; it was a relief to be on a march where they did n't expect trouble after the last few weeks of demonstrations and violence . |
| 25 | They do n't expect things to be done perfectly . |
| 26 | Stephen would have liked further education , though he had n't expected Oxford or Cambridge or even , say , Nottingham . |
| 27 | ’ Perhaps it was the estrangement of Washington perhaps that he had n't expected Agnes at the Smithsonian but it had been a surprising thrill to see the familiar smile in the crowd . |