Example sentences of "n't expect [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she had n't expected all three of them , not Patsy as well , and not the car . |
| 2 | ‘ I had n't expected all the containers in here to be emptied out , too ! ’ |
| 3 | Philip had n't expected that and it unnerved him . |
| 4 | " I had n't expected that . " |
| 5 | He had n't expected that . |
| 6 | We certainly had n't expected that ! |
| 7 | ‘ I must admit that I had n't expected such a prompt response to my advertisement . |
| 8 | He had n't expected this precipitate visit and in the last hour he had bawled out everyone in sight . |
| 9 | Probably they had n't expected this . |
| 10 | She had n't expected this . |
| 11 | Trent had n't expected any , but took no pleasure in being proved correct . |
| 12 | She had n't expected any more extravagant praise . |
| 13 | People did n't expect such violence and brutality . |
| 14 | Despite the instruction often given by teachers to emphasise personal involvement towards the end of an essay , you should avoid the sort of over-personalised ending found in this essay : After reading the first paragraph , I did n't expect such an exciting story , but gradually I got more and more involved in the narrative and finally overwhelmed by this splendid spectacle , which I could vividly visualise . |
| 15 | Everyone in the village is shocked , you do n't expect such things to happen in a quiet backwater . |
| 16 | I knew that response had been bad in our parish and I honestly did n't expect many young people to be there anyway . |
| 17 | " I would n't expect many dirty coats , not on a Thursday . |
| 18 | It was still early so I did n't expect many customers , but I did expect more than one — me . |
| 19 | But do n't expect much more than pompous doggerel in the words . |
| 20 | You would n't expect much speed out of it , but then you could confidentially run it over any terrain without adverse effect . |
| 21 | Even overpraising does , at times , lead to tantrums as a child decides that your lavish praise means that you did n't expect much of him in the first place . |
| 22 | But I do n't expect much change out of £6,000 . ’ |
| 23 | If you do n't expect much from little Tommy then , little Tommy is less and less likely to give you anything much ! |
| 24 | Longer , wider , lower than current Supra , the new car retains aggression of previous car — but do n't expect that rear wing |
| 25 | ‘ You do n't expect that for a job paying £120 a week take home . |
| 26 | I did n't expect that , did I ? ’ |
| 27 | Chief Insp Roger Worton , of West Yorkshire police , said : ‘ We did n't expect that and it is rather surprising . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It hurt , all right , ’ he said , ‘ but I did n't expect that to be the result of the accident . |
| 29 | But you do n't expect that . |
| 30 | The second point i is this issue about self containment , er Mr Davis accused me this morning of using some somewhat outlandish words , I think , erm , I did obviously refer to the er my vision of what a new settlement of this size proposed would be , and I I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't expect that with the right planning that it could n't have clearly local facilities , local school , library , etcetera , but it seemed to me quite clear that the scale proposed it would not have the higher order functions which as we 've heard earlier , Greater York has been defined based on York 's planning assumptions , clearly the major shopping , educational , and social facilities will continue to be provided in the city , and it will produce what is in effect dormitory settlement . |