Example sentences of "expect no [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had the cheek to make personal remarks and expect no retaliation whatever . |
| 2 | Expect no Passage at the Gate of Heav'n |
| 3 | Expect no quarter to be given when the sides meet again at Selhurst Park in a fortnight . |
| 4 | Fourteen per cent expect an increase and 46 per cent expect no change . |
| 5 | Nearly three-quarters of voters , 71 per cent , expect no party to win an outright majority . |
| 6 | When they come to live and work in England they expect no language difficulties such as they know would await them in , say , Panama or Cuba . |
| 7 | Most private forecasters now expect no growth in America this year , and lately each of their succeeding revisions has been down . |
| 8 | As expected no activity was seen under similar conditions using HeLa extract instead of brain extract ( data not shown ) . |
| 9 | Henry can have expected no difficulty . |
| 10 | Because of the sanctity of the self-management system , any enterprise that makes a direct investment in another enterprise ( through so-called ‘ pooling labour and resources ’ ) has no control over the activities of the recipient organization and can expect no return other than interest on its investment ( at a sharply negative rate ) . |
| 11 | No matter what difficulties he encounters within the system , he can expect no sympathy . |
| 12 | Clubs attempting to sack the professional and take over the shop to earn revenue can expect no support from those in the business . |
| 13 | SO LONG as Saddam Hussein is still around , George Bush repeated this week , Iraq can expect no mercy on trade sanctions . |
| 14 | She said nothing , but the cold sadistic look in the eyes of the SS women told her that she could expect no mercy . |
| 15 | Knowing they could expect no mercy from the revenge-crazed mob , the Annamese cai were the first to turn and flee , and the two terrified Frenchmen followed them . |
| 16 | Punjabis could expect no protection from the ineffective , demoralised police . |
| 17 | If we do not uphold socialism and leadership by the Communist party , we can expect no stability in the country , no unity among the people and no rejuvenation of the Chinese nation . ’ |
| 18 | The President 's cabin lay three miles into the reserve , four miles to the north and a good eight hundred feet above the lodge , and divided from it by a small tributary of the Makaa so Trent could expect no help there even if the owner was in residence . |
| 19 | They knew only too well what was going on in Baldersdale but Sam and his brood were too wily to be caught and the law could expect no help from other residents . |
| 20 | He would expect no man , having come through that , to set out to march thirty odd miles to the Tay , this side of nightfall . |
| 21 | They are right , but they should expect no gratitude after it is over . |
| 22 | The fool , a wise commentator , remarks on the instance showing that Lear can expect no gratitude from his daughters . |
| 23 | Giles has an independent streak and would expect no favour from me . |
| 24 | Moreover , they had revealed their game irrevocably this time and could expect no clemency if they lost . |
| 25 | If the latter were the case , we would expect no accommodation to take place for a specific variable until that variable had already been used by the interlocutor . |
| 26 | They learn from birth to expect no help from artifice . |
| 27 | The earl , who had apparently dispersed his men before meeting the duke , clearly expected no trouble from Gloucester — confidence which would be incredible if Gloucester had just been the victim of a Woodville coup . |
| 28 | The earl , who had apparently dispersed his men before meeting the duke , clearly expected no trouble from Gloucester — confidence which would be incredible if Gloucester had just been the victim of a Woodville coup . |
| 29 | ‘ Where does your kindness come from ? ’ she asked , and said it almost as if she expected no answer . |
| 30 | It was totally empty , and the landlord clearly expected no custom whatsoever that evening since he was reclining in his private quarters . |