Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] not expect [pron] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I do not expect my father to lend me money simply because he is a father .
2 I do n't expect politicians from Britain and France to understand , and I do n't expect their politics to bring peace here . ’
3 I mean , I do n't expect my Dad had to wait as long for his tea .
4 Even so I did not expect my feet to be trouble-free after using them for the first time on a full day 's hiking in the Purbeck Hills .
5 I did n't expect my family to visit me because it was too far , but they could have wrote .
6 ‘ Surely you do n't expect our animals to be the same as yours ? ’
7 She had n't expected her stomach to churn , her throat to close up , at the sound of ripping fabric and flesh .
8 She had n't expected his kiss at all , and when his warm lips closed over her tight , trembling mouth she gasped , stiffened , felt her defences crashing , and found a tremulous yet passionate response all in a matter of seconds .
9 She had not expected his mind to contain this kind of landscape .
10 She does not expect her readers to accept her own conclusions verbatim , but urges them to make a similar creative attempt to listen for the deeper implications of the Christian message , to reach through the dogmas and intellectual propositions , which can never do justice to the ineffable mystery of the divine , and touch the heart of the faith .
11 However , we do not expect our computers to be capable of experiencing emotions , even though emotions are clearly a fundamental part of human intelligence .
12 Mr Smith said in an interview on BBC television 's On the Record that he did not expect his colleagues to ‘ spend and spend again' when they took office .
13 Wood indeed advocates three bedrooms , but it is clear from the majority of his designs that he does not expect his labourers to achieve them .
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