Example sentences of "expect any [noun] " in BNC.

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1 His expression made it clear that any man or boy unlucky enough not to find another situation need not expect any sympathy : his place would have been filled .
2 If you want to be , go ahead , but do n't expect any sympathy or back-up from me . ’
3 But we can not expect any Psalm reflecting the years of oppression and revolt to be exactly comparable with the situation described from a later point of view in the Books of Maccabees ; and if we can not use the Books of Maccabees in this way any certain terms of comparison are lacking altogether .
4 Rather it was precisely to change attitudes , to stress individual responsibility — you 're on your own , do n't expect any help from us — and to reduce the state 's obligations .
5 ‘ All I 'm saying , George , is that you should n't expect any help from us .
6 But he ca n't expect any help form the Borough Council .
7 Neither Mr Fallon nor Mr Bergg can expect any help from the borough council .
8 Therefore the chances are , and this is statistical , it 's a statistical chance , in general I can expect any mutation in me to be passed on to half my offspring complete .
9 The representation is , of course , implicit and we would not expect any child to be able to state explicitly the phrase structure rules and transformations generating the sentences of his language .
10 Should I expect any building and development work in my resort ?
11 ‘ Arthur does n't expect any nonsense from him till July .
12 I do not expect any difficulty in getting approval for the larger sum , and can do that at the same time as tenders are to hand for acceptance , but it will remain important to contain the total project cost as far as possible .
13 Owen , though , did not expect any difficulty .
14 We do not expect any component buying problem to be encountered by constructors of the Vehicle Watchdog .
15 DO N'T EXPECT ANY CHARITY
16 ‘ You do n't expect any payment when he becomes your apprentice ? ’ she continued .
17 Manager Andy Roxburgh said : ‘ I do n't expect any problems .
18 ( Mar 21-Apr 20 ) The situation in the heavens is rather complex , if not explosive , at the moment and you really can not expect any favours to come your way either at home or on the work front .
19 Do n't expect any favours if your game 's crap — ZZAP ! 64's was no-one 's free lunch , and COMMODORE FORCE will demand even higher standards .
20 I ca n't expect any favours from Graham Gooch in that direction .
21 Just do n't expect any mercy if you 're a complete dimbo …
22 Furthermore , we would expect any doctor , not just our own , to behave in the ‘ proper ’ manner , in the same way that we expect the same sort of behaviour from all shop assistants , or all priests , or all fathers .
23 Sixty per cent of 1800 managing directors interviewed did not expect any improvement either in sales or new orders and 80 per cent said that they would either not be recruiting new staff or shedding staff .
24 The vendor will , however , expect any estimate to be reasonably accurate and may ask for our fees to be capped at a certain level .
25 ‘ We were just saying , ’ murmured Bromley , ‘ that we did n't expect any foreigners here . ’
26 Analysts do not expect any move for Ferranti until the radar contract is awarded , though one possible bidder — British Aerospace — has already ruled itself out .
27 Analysts do not expect any move for Ferranti until the radar contract is awarded , though one possible bidder — British Aerospace — has already ruled itself out .
28 We once set a case involving a highly seasonal business which ended up with no cash , a big overdraft , lots of creditors and no hope of any more revenue for at least six months : those students who did n't recognize that some pretty drastic immediate action was required ( surprisingly , there were several ) could n't reasonably expect any marks !
29 No , we do n't expect any background knowledge at all .
30 No , we do n't expect any background knowledge at all .
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