Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] not expect [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd not expect your favours for nothing . ’ |
| 2 | Do n't leave your decision to the last moment — you should not expect your surveyor to hurry a report which can potentially save you thousands of pounds — talk to him as soon as you have chosen your purchase . |
| 3 | ‘ But you need not expect my goodwill if you choose to consort with the enemy . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We have ejected people in the past who were suspected of selling or taking drugs but you can not expect our security staff to make arrests , ’ said the spokesperson . |
| 5 | ‘ We should not expect our tenants to have to look at the mess caused by their careless neighbours , ’ said Coun Dixon . |
| 6 | In fact we were , rather condescendingly , informed that teaching methods had changed since the 1960s and we could not expect our child to be educated in the same manner as we ourselves had been . |
| 7 | We can not expect our competitors on mainland Europe to put up with such discrimination . |
| 8 | If we remain ‘ stuck ’ Christians , we can not expect our children to become ‘ growing ’ Christians . |
| 9 | In between the publication of the White Paper and the passing of the new Act , the government decided that in view of the work required on the hospital services , it could not expect its community care proposals to be ready by the proposed launch date of April 1991 , so in early 1990 it announced a two-year delay in implementation until 1993 . |
| 10 | He could not expect their interest . |