Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [not/n't] expect [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I did not expect such kindness … |
2 | I did not expect another career , since I felt that I had already had one , but in the event I found not only that , but a fascinating path through life that my original naval calling could not possibly have produced . |
3 | It was still early so I did n't expect many customers , but I did expect more than one — me . |
4 | ‘ I did n't expect this treatment from my father 's oldest friend , ’ said Monks angrily , sitting down with a frown on his face . |
5 | I did n't expect this match . ’ |
6 | I did n't expect this match . ’ |
7 | I did n't expect this sort of driving from a three-times world champion . ’ |
8 | It was humiliating , and she had not expected that kind of reaction from him . |
9 | She had accepted that she could not help loving him , but she had not expected this result . |
10 | ‘ We were just saying , ’ murmured Bromley , ‘ that we did n't expect any foreigners here . ’ |
11 | He stated that he did not expect any hostility when he returned to London . |
12 | He did not expect domestic coal supplies to be insulated from world price trends — especially as government grants to the National Coal Board will have to rise over the next few years . |
13 | When Qaddafi abolished the state he did not expect Libyan society to collapse into fragments . |
14 | He had not expected colonial argot from such a source . |
15 | He had n't expected this precipitate visit and in the last hour he had bawled out everyone in sight . |