Example sentences of "[vb past] not expect [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abolitionists did not expect immediate conversion by slaveholders ; it was not necessary in so far as they were sure planters could not for long resist the economic imperatives . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't expect this treatment from my father 's oldest friend , ’ said Monks angrily , sitting down with a frown on his face . |
| 3 | I did n't expect this sort of driving from a three-times world champion . ’ |
| 4 | It was humiliating , and she had not expected that kind of reaction from him . |
| 5 | He had not expected colonial argot from such a source . |