Example sentences of "not expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John had not expected such an overwhelming response , and as not even the Ballroom itself could contain such large numbers , he took them all outside into the street to make his selection . |
| 2 | She had not expected such direct questioning . |
| 3 | Mr Reynolds was understandably shaken ; even though he had " suspected the worst " ( cancer ) , he had not expected such an extensive operation . |
| 4 | He had not expected colonial argot from such a source . |
| 5 | They had not expected that . |
| 6 | All that amazed her was that he had not expected that . |
| 7 | Lisa had not expected that of him . |
| 8 | It was humiliating , and she had not expected that kind of reaction from him . |
| 9 | Although ready for a shock , Charity had not expected this particular one . |
| 10 | ‘ Wait , ’ gasped Troy , who had not expected this , ‘ let me breathe ! |
| 11 | Grainne had known that when it finally came to it , she would be afraid — for I have never known anyone other than Fergus , and with Fergus it was so natural and so sweet — but she had not expected this sudden rush of tenderness . |
| 12 | She had accepted that she could not help loving him , but she had not expected this result . |
| 13 | She had not expected this . |
| 14 | The idea that the colonies might be told to go their own way was not considered ; an administrative system was set up to make sure that the King 's orders were obeyed on the far side of the Atlantic as much as in the more distant parts of the British Isles — it was realized that he could not expect complete obedience , and in some respects the system was losing its impetus even by the beginning of the eighteenth century , but the shift from the Greek pattern of virtual independence to the Roman pattern of general obedience in the colonies had been made and there was no reason to think it would be reversed . |
| 15 | One can not prove a personal judgment of this kind , and I do not expect immediate assent to it . |
| 16 | Abolitionists did not expect immediate conversion by slaveholders ; it was not necessary in so far as they were sure planters could not for long resist the economic imperatives . |
| 17 | He was less severe with me than he would have been normally , but I saw I could not expect great leniency from him . |
| 18 | Love Virgos involved in a new relationship should not expect much progress until at least early December . |
| 19 | But do not expect much new philosophy from the present government . |
| 20 | I am a woman , and also a writer who has used up her allotment of renown during her own lifetime ; and on those two grounds I do not expect much pity , or much understanding , from posterity . |
| 21 | I do not expect much joy from the Minister tonight , but I give warning that , for the time I remain on these Benches , with the label on which I came here eight and a half years ago — as a Labour Member of Parliament , albeit a Member who has a label beneath his name on the TV as an expelled Labour Member — I shall bring before the House the necessary measures not just to talk about the death of the poll tax but to bury it once and for all . |
| 22 | People are realizing that you just can not expect much of them and that one way of improving local lives is to get together in local communities and groups and participating wider area networks and in such coalitions of people , th th they manage to keep some sort of community spirit and activity going . |
| 23 | Do not expect instant results , especially if the baby has diarrhoea or colic — it may take up to two weeks for the baby 's digestive system to return to normal . |
| 24 | Although a company can not expect all staff offered transfers to other parts of the country to accept them , it can take steps to improve employees ' attitudes towards relocation . |
| 25 | Although we predict that many of these sites are DNA-PK phosphorylation sites , we do not expect all Ser-Gln motifs to serve as DNA-PK recognition elements . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , I did not expect that from you . ’ |
| 27 | Also it is disappointing that despite these improvements in performance we still do not understand properly the physics of thermal insulation and we did not expect that increased density ( up to the limit when particle collisions take over ) would have quite the favourable effect that we have found in many machines . |
| 28 | We should not expect that research will come up with recipes and remedies which will work whatever the circumstances . |
| 29 | ‘ I would not expect that . |
| 30 | Complaints about government appointments or policies could only be met by Law with the barren reply that the party could not expect total control and that in coalition such things must happen — which is just what the critics were saying too . |