Example sentences of "not expecting the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're not expecting the K.G.B . " |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Sir Eric is not expecting the sky to fall in over his campus , but in a sense that is the problem — graceful degradation is just a mite too graceful . |
| 4 | But Mr Szilagy and his staff are not expecting the citizens of Budapest to flock in their thousands to see the collection of ugly lifeless forms . |
| 5 | ‘ He came along to copy some lettering in the museum , not expecting the place to be closed , of course . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In everything , a compromise is the answer and by not expecting the horse to go too close to a potentially spooky object , kidding the horse that you never intended him to go near it , will avert an argument or tension . |
| 9 | And the Dallams were not expecting the Nation to pay for Tristan . |