Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] not expect the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I am not expecting the Test wickets to turn a lot — they did n't on the tour there in 1981-82 — and the current Indian attack is based more around pace than spin .
2 Erm I 'm also , I 'm bound to say er not the whole issue that I counted the votes for correctly as I was not expecting the outcome .
3 I was n't expecting the press to get hold of it , mind you ; but it may be no bad thing . ’
4 I noted the Handbook clearly stated that you were not to expect the police to break into a sweat over your losses .
5 She was n't expecting the question .
6 We 're not expecting the K.G.B . "
7 But he was not expecting the economy and the Government 's finances to be in a much worse state than that set out on March 10 in the Chancellor 's Budget report .
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