Example sentences of "expect no [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people slipping and sliding on the pavements , spattered with slush by the passing traffic , look stoically wretched , as if they expect no better from life . |
| 2 | Wilcox grunted contemptuously , as if he had expected no better . |
| 3 | Afterwards , when told he had best wait for his bodyguard , Caledor replied that he could expect no better bodyguards than these hunters , and asked them to accompany him on his quest to the shrine . |
| 4 | ‘ I expected no better , ’ said Herluin bitterly , and took the broken box in his hands to stare at the damage . |
| 5 | After that the Home Office expected no further increases . |