Example sentences of "n't expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stephen would have liked further education , though he had n't expected Oxford or Cambridge or even , say , Nottingham . |
| 2 | ’ Perhaps it was the estrangement of Washington perhaps that he had n't expected Agnes at the Smithsonian but it had been a surprising thrill to see the familiar smile in the crowd . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't expect things to be just good when you do them , however . |
| 4 | They do n't expect things to be done perfectly . |
| 5 | Their commitment to each other was made , after all , and she could n't expect Rohan to jettison every other aspect of his life in her favour . |
| 6 | Microsoft Corp is now saying that Windows/NT will be announced on May 24 and that the target is to deliver it before the end of the second quarter , although US PC Week does n't expect ships to start until July ; there 's no exact date , says the company , since it will not ship until the product it is spot-on . |
| 7 | She shouts that if I get soaked I need n't expect sympathy , and I call for her to join me . |
| 8 | ‘ Do n't expect sympathy . |
| 9 | Do n't expect Schedule Express to go into the fine details of resource management . |
| 10 | You do n't expect players to be warned for excessive aggression at this level , but they were , and the first to be admonished was an old hand at listening to finger pointing lectures . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't expect gratitude from these buggers , ’ he says . |
| 12 | We ca n't expect gratitude , any more than we want charity from others . |
| 13 | It 's an exciting opportunity to see a country that came in from the cold — just do n't expect 130mph plus autobahns ! |
| 14 | We ca n't expect help from her . ’ |
| 15 | Do n't expect Alan checked on you yesterday . |
| 16 | You did n't expect Uncle to be in it … |
| 17 | It was obviously very cheap , so she would n't expect compensation . |
| 18 | He is deeply insecure and does n't expect love , never having received it before , yet he deals with Miranda 's death so matter-of-factly , hardly seeming upset at all , that he ca n't have cared for her very much as an individual , which is not surprising as he really does n't know her at all well . |
| 19 | Do n't expect meetings , discussions or journeys to go smoothly between the 12th and 16th . |
| 20 | Artists who had been turned down ca n't expect assistance from a record company which already has a number of signed acts needing help and attention . |
| 21 | I did n't expect Pete home any special time . ’ |
| 22 | There are plenty of famous faces in Debbie Frank 's new book , but do n't expect secrets . |
| 23 | The council does n't expect Swindon to be ready for an assault on Britain in Bloom for some time , but it 's convinced all the effort 's worth it . |
| 24 | ‘ But you ca n't expect Arnold Bros ( est. 1905 ) to help us if we show we do n't trust him ! ’ |
| 25 | DJ Supreme from Hijack 's offering is particularly raw , and seems mightily generous : you would n't expect Terminator X to give away his secrets , after all . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't expect happiness ! ’ |
| 27 | When you 've had an industrialist as a father and you know how a business works , you ca n't expect farmers to ignore every business principle to be Green . |
| 28 | Do n't expect governors to take on more than they can manage . |
| 29 | Isobel said , ‘ I do n't expect Peter minds as much as you do . ’ |
| 30 | He surely did n't expect Peter never to marry ? |