Example sentences of "[pron] did [adv] expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't expect Pete home any special time . ’ |
| 2 | I did n't expect Mr Meredith Williams to stay , ’ he said curtly . |
| 3 | Oh I did n't expect Clare to go down ill again . |
| 4 | The government , which did not expect Sweden to gain admission to the EC before 1994 , had previously expressed interest in framing a joint application with Norway and Finland . |
| 5 | You did n't expect Uncle to be in it … |
| 6 | You did n't expect people to clock in these days . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She did not expect Diana to tell her friends or for Morton to be given any more secret details about the royals . |
| 9 | ‘ We did not expect Faith to have any money at all . |
| 10 | System builders that Microprocessor Report spoke to at Comdex last month said they did not expect volume production of Intel Corp 's Pentium chip until mid-1993 at best , suggesting the part has slipped another few months . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He did not expect forgiveness . |
| 13 | He did not expect Osman openly to agree but he thought it quite likely that the Sheikh might indicate his willingness to accept Owen 's proposition . |