Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] not expect a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't expect a lot of polish , ’ protested Lydia . |
| 2 | But as this is hunting country , I did n't expect a trap in the woods . |
| 3 | You do n't expect a response . ’ |
| 4 | You do n't expect a doctor to give you drugs that are gon na drive you mad . |
| 5 | You do n't expect a woman with a young family to simply walk out . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ John Major has been consistently talking about the need to keep wages down so we did n't expect a pay award twice the level of inflation . ’ |
| 7 | Officials insisted they did not expect a Cabinet reshuffle . |
| 8 | I think Japan was taken by surprise — they did n't expect a tour at the time — but he just decided to do it . |
| 9 | Viktor Chernomyrdin , the prime minister and leading Gosplanner , said before the referendum that he did not expect a majority to support Mr Yeltsin 's economic policies . |
| 10 | He had n't expected a trip down to his daughter 's for lunch to end up in the middle of Exmoor . |