Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [not/n't] expect the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Ferguson said : ‘ It will be a very tight game and I do not expect the Russians to be too adventurous .
2 It is a modest proposition , but I do not expect the Minister to accept it .
3 I do not expect the Minister to say that the matter is outwith his ministerial remit .
4 I do not expect the Minister to be helpful —
5 Naturally , I do not expect the apologists on the Government Front Bench to criticise the Government 's policies , still less to condemn their actions .
6 I do n't expect the heartbeat award scheme to suffer , I will be in touch with Matthew fairly closely to ensure that , but I think the position of the labour group is that we can not support these recommendations as they are but we offer you a compromise solution .
7 I do n't expect the Union to like that , but I 'm perfectly happy as I am ’ .
8 ‘ Not very imaginative , and I do n't expect the accommodation will be marvellous , but it will do for one night . ’
9 I did not expect the humour but I liked it , ’ said Alma Cox , of Leeds .
10 I did not expect the greeting to be quite so enthusiastic .
11 Although I did n't expect the floods to be as high as they were my friend , Matthew , and I had planned to go out in this American style canoe .
12 I had n't expected the papers to pick up on Thomas 's birth , ’ she went on , ‘ but when they did and when it was taken for granted that he was Simon 's I let that be , too . ’
13 What I had n't expected was the reaction we got here today which is that erm whilst there are smiling dis , he 's smiling now , there are smiling districts who might be pleased to be named as areas in which a major exception might be accommodated and I had n't expected the others would like a bit of it if there was one going too .
14 Even if I had n't expected the gunships , their colours would have told me what they were .
15 I had not expected the level of exposure , the narrowness of the arêtes , the commitment .
16 This enabled them to control the activities of people who did not expect the Navigation Acts to be taken seriously .
17 That means joint commissioning , you have an example later on in your agenda in relation to learning disability services , I think it 's items nine , nine and eleven , erm , er , perhaps the most controversial part of the proposals that I 've , I 've put before the authorities , is that you do n't expect the structures for joint care planning to carry the full weight of joint commissioning when you 're talking about main budgets .
18 We did n't expect the country we edged last year to look so much better than our team this summer .
19 ‘ We expected Uri to bend a few spoons but we did n't expect the viewers to bend the truth , ’ he said .
20 Erm the I think er two comments for David is close to this and the one that we do n't expect the P and L charge starting in ninety three and going onwards to be quotes material I E it 's getting quite modest , it 's not sort of mega bucks .
21 While we do not expect the Revenue to provide a canteen service , presumably the inspectors and their staff have tea-making facilities at their offices .
22 We do not expect the elders of our own party to join this unhelpful cause .
23 We do not expect the running costs of the Trident force to be significantly different from those of Polaris .
24 Since we do not expect the front-end to recognize only the correct phonemes we also look at less informative representations .
25 Rumour has it that most of them are unhedged at these levels : they did not expect the currency to rise this far .
26 They are not dissatisfied with the job content because they did not expect the job to be intrinsically rewarding .
27 They are simply not they do n't expect the level of sexual tension that they seem to be identifying as a problem in Oxford .
28 They do n't expect the train to be back on the tracks until the turn of the century .
29 They had n't expected the terrorists to turn up for at least another two days .
30 They had not expected the newcomer to speak so soon .
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