Example sentences of "[pron] do [adv] expect [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The the only job which I told Neil I do not expect him to take is working for waste disposal because he did that , this time last year and before he started he was full of big talk about you make a lot of money and you get a lot of tips at Christmas he found that you do not make a lot of money and you do not get generous tips at Christmas |
| 2 | I do not expect you to agree with me on everything . |
| 3 | ‘ Ethel , ’ continued Miss Hardbroom , ‘ just because you happen to be an excellent scholar and one of the most helpful members of my class , I do not expect you to lie your way out of a situation when it has become awkward . |
| 4 | I do not expect you to haggle , for example , but an element of bartering over hours and conditions can improve your working life considerably . |
| 5 | I do not expect you to understand . ’ |
| 6 | And I do n't expect him to lie down and die under these current aspects . |
| 7 | ‘ He 's quite good at that , though I do n't expect him to do it again ! ’ |
| 8 | Mitchell is also an ‘ old soldier ’ at this game but I do n't expect him to make any headlines . |
| 9 | I do n't expect them to jack it in . ’ |
| 10 | I do n't expect them to leave here with a catalogue of stories about what a terrible place Whitely is . |
| 11 | When I meet people I like , instead of saying more and showing I like them and asking questions , I sort of clam up , as if I do n't expect them to like me , or as if I 'm not interesting enough for them . |
| 12 | Erm , I mean I really ca n't , I do n't expect them to surge ahead as they did last year but all the signs are that , that , they 're doing very well and er , it 's a very well managed business erm , great cost control er , I do n't know whether you noticed recently that Meryl des described the erm , the management of erm , of A W as the er , I think it was the creme de la creme of the |
| 13 | In any case she had not expected that her role in the assessment would be limited to receiving information back from an EWO : ‘ We did n't ask for it [ the assessment ] — it was the education system who said it should be done — if I accept them into my home I do n't expect them to disappear for twelve months , if they invited themselves in . ’ |
| 14 | I respect that , I do n't expect her to follow me all over the place and be knitting until the show has finished . |
| 15 | And I suppose they go along about I do n't expect they do about six miles an hour . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't expect they want me , ’ said Ruth . |
| 17 | ‘ No , I do n't expect it does . ’ |
| 18 | I do n't expect it to match Love Story , but I think he still has a lot of mileage and is well worth supporting . |
| 19 | Let's be fair , now ; I do n't expect it makes much difference to Mrs Morgan , or her cat , " Mr Smith said , and a small smile played over his lips as he glanced at Dan Ashton , who grunted and looked down at his feet while Smith continued , " whether you were joking or in deadly seriousness . " |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , yes , I know it has , and I do n't expect you to spare me , Maria , ’ Luke conceded sardonically . |
| 21 | I am yours — And damn it , I 've told you I do n't expect you to spare me , but I do n't have to do this . |
| 22 | I do n't expect you to do it before Monday anyway |
| 23 | ‘ There never was any arrangement of that kind , but I do n't expect you to take my word for it . |
| 24 | I do n't expect you to remember Higginbottom and Smith fifty four y'know I do n't expect that in an exam . |
| 25 | Now I do n't expect you to play like the pros because we spend many hours working on every aspect of our game . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't expect you to pay for my — ’ |
| 27 | I do n't expect you to get everything right , but to describe the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception as coming from a ‘ literal translation ’ of a controversial biblical passage ’ is enough to make me chuckle — especially in a piece headed ‘ Fundamentalism — The |
| 28 | Or they thought they were and the only people they 're going to get any more from is the parents , nowhere else , nobody else is going to give them anything I 've got no illusions about it , I do n't expect you to get anything from anywhere else , and I know that you , you would n't get anything from anywhere else because they , they 've cut it , they 've cut it to the bone and the only people that can afford to go now and to live in anything like |
| 29 | I do n't expect you to understand . ’ |
| 30 | So I do n't expect you to understand how harmless the incident was . ’ |