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 . |