Example sentences of "expect miracles " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ca n't expect miracles . |
| 2 | He will not expect miracles , only a reasonable standard of proficiency . |
| 3 | In his inaugural address Konare warned that the country should not expect miracles ; although he wished to bring hope to the country , he said , he was not a " pedlar of illusion " . |
| 4 | He does not expect miracles from Lennie and is not at all surprised when Lennie forgets things , even though he gets angry at him . |
| 5 | For greater detail , they would have to rely on a chain of fast horses aided by signals , and no one could expect miracles . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't expect miracles from him after being out of the first team for seven weeks . |
| 7 | ‘ We are not expecting miracles but we think we can do well . |
| 8 | Bates — Not expecting miracles against France |
| 9 | He never ceased to wonder at the irony of expecting miracles from a reliquary in which her bones had once lain for only three days and nights , before being returned reverently to her native Welsh earth ; and even more to be wondered at , the infinite mercy that had transmitted grace through all those miles between , forgiven the presence of a sorry human sinner in the coffin she had quitted , and let the radiance of miracle remain invisibly about her altar , unpredictable , accessible , a shade wanton in where it gave and where it denied , as the stuff of miracles is liable to be , at least to the human view . |
| 10 | None of them expects miracles in the economy this year and growth forecasts range from a bare 0.2 per cent to 2 per cent . |
| 11 | None of them expects miracles in the economy this year and growth forecasts range from a bare 0.2 per cent to 2 per cent . |