Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [not/n't] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But anyway , I 've come to the conclusion that he , I mean , his work is , it was absolutely superb , but I must n't expect that . |
| 2 | He was less severe with me than he would have been normally , but I saw I could not expect great leniency from him . |
| 3 | " I would n't expect many dirty coats , not on a Thursday . |
| 4 | ‘ I would n't expect any dramatic response initially , ’ she says . |
| 5 | I would n't expect this to happen in a capitalist country so why expect anything different from the USSR ? |
| 6 | ‘ Traditionally games against Meath are always close , and I would n't expect this one to be any different . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I would not expect that . |
| 8 | I would not expect these decisions to be uniform across the country because of different local circumstances and the likelihood of different clinical views on the efficacy of particular treatment . |
| 9 | I would not expect this work to be on a contingency basis and would expect the fees to fall in the range of £ [ ] — £ [ ] per hour . |
| 10 | I ca n't expect any favours from Graham Gooch in that direction . |
| 11 | I readily acknowledge that I can not expect definitive statements from the Minister when the answers given by his ministerial colleagues , who have greater legal experience than the Minister and I possess , are , to say the least , somewhat circumspect . |
| 12 | Naturally you should not expect this to be a full consultation , but it should give you time to see how you relate to the particular therapist concerned and how much confidence you feel in him . |
| 13 | ‘ There 's no reason at all why you should n't expect good quality work , Julia , ’ David said calmly . |
| 14 | ‘ All I 'm saying , George , is that you should n't expect any help from us . |
| 15 | It 's not too tall , so you ca n't expect vast expansion potential — it has two 5.25-inch and one 3.5-inch free drive bays . |
| 16 | You ca n't expect ordinary people in this situation to live like hermits , and it would be unreasonable to expect Charles and Diana to live like hermits . |
| 17 | You ca n't expect one person to satisfy all your needs . ’ |
| 18 | He laughed mirthlessly , despairing of her understanding , ‘ You ca n't expect those who are evicted to see it like that . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You ca n't expect fried eggs to be all tidy . |
| 20 | You would n't expect much speed out of it , but then you could confidentially run it over any terrain without adverse effect . |
| 21 | You would n't expect another adult to put up with an interminable monologue from you . |
| 22 | If , however , you are cynical enough to believe that the shelf-life of a tax efficient investment is inversely proportional to the number of national press articles highlighting its advantages , then you will not expect these rules to remain as generous as this forever . |
| 23 | You can not expect public support if you do not have the support of your own ministers . |
| 24 | But you can not expect another to carry out a task if he or she is constantly being observed by someone else . |
| 25 | It must be emphasised that you can not expect any financial support from the University . |
| 26 | We should not expect that research will come up with recipes and remedies which will work whatever the circumstances . |
| 27 | We should not expect three classes of behaviour corresponding to the three processes of adaptation . |
| 28 | However , direct coercive sanctions require continuous effort , and may in fact be a rather brittle form of social control , so we should not expect dominant groups in different societies to rely wholly and simply on such crude means of retaining their power and privilege , especially where their position has long been entrenched . |
| 29 | But one should not expect such economic movements to determine the details of changing musical practice in any mechanical way . |
| 30 | Another implication of ( 16 ) , or ( 15 ) , is that , apart from questioning the adjective , the language would also provide a means to question the noun phrase alone while " leaving behind " the predicate qualifier ( even though one might not expect such questions to be particularly common in practice ) , and in fact such questions are perfectly grammatical : ( 21 ) who(m) did he paint seated ? what did he send registered ? |