Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [not/n't] expect [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one way I would n't expect to find any witnesses — since what happened took place close to dawn . |
| 2 | However , in a semi-strong efficient market as the International Stock Exchange in London we should not expect to find any evidence for P/E ratio being a reliable predictor of returns or volatility of returns . |
| 3 | In these areas we should not expect to find deserted , shrunken or moved villages , but the equivalent for hamlets and farms , and this is indeed the case with hundreds of such sites identified on Dartmoor and in west Somerset , for example ; this will be discussed further in Chapter 7 . |
| 4 | For his more recent view suggests that we can not expect to gain untainted ‘ knowledge ’ of ourselves and our relation to social practices , so that the claim that individuals are not subjects must be assessed , like its competitors , by appeal to various kinds of criteria . |
| 5 | Clearly , because of the elusive nature of neutrinos we can not expect to capture all of them . |
| 6 | One great comber filled the canoe before she shook free from the cascading crests ; now they could not expect to make much headway and had to fight even harder to avoid broaching-to . |
| 7 | Even with the optimism of the participants they could not expect to solve such a problem in four days . |
| 8 | Most of them were used to paying regular visits to the friendly neighbourhood pawnbroker , but on the objects they brought to him they could not expect to raise any great sums . |