Example sentences of "[not/n't] expect [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She returned to the liver unit ward just before noon but was not expected to regain conciousness for some hours . |
| 2 | The new president is not expected to take office until March 1990 , or at best 1 January if Jose Sarney steps down from the presidency early . |
| 3 | These were not expected to take place until December or possibly January 1993 . |
| 4 | The Commission went into recess on Aug. 14 and was not expected to hear evidence on the events in Boipatong until November . |
| 5 | During the meetings ministers were not expected to raise objections to decisions affecting other ministries , much less to challenge the chair . |
| 6 | Escobar , accused of responsibility for the murder of hundreds of people over a 10-year period , including a Justice Minister , an Attorney General , at least one presidential candidate [ see p. 36844 ] and 107 passengers aboard a domestic flight [ see p. 37041 ] , was not expected to stand trial for at least a year . |
| 7 | The nobility , clergy and communes of the region were not expected to produce justifi-cations for their tenures , and there was no waving of rusty swords by irate tenants-in-chief ( as in England ) . |
| 8 | Moreover , in the national survey , almost 60% of those who responded did not expect to take part in further training and only 8% identified specific topics they expected to cover in the future . |
| 9 | When the examiner looks at your written answers , he does not expect to find evidence of great original skill or perfection ; he is interested in your powers of argument , deduction and logical exposition . |
| 10 | Prospects for 1993 are very mixed and boss Robert Fitzpatrick does not expect to achieve profitability for the entire year . |
| 11 | Other Japanese companies-Hitachi , Toshiba , Matsushita — have treated LC TVs more as a design exercise , and do not expect to market models for a while . |
| 12 | Surely it can not expect to win sympathy for its cause . |
| 13 | Their local bank manager is n't expected to take part in it . |
| 14 | Keegan does n't expect to do business before Sunday 's game with Millwall but is clearly ready for a transfer market breakthrough . |
| 15 | Did n't expect to see people like that though . |
| 16 | As he 'd spent most of the day campaigning in an area where thousands of jobs have been lost in the defence industry , I asked him why he should n't expect to lose votes on that issue . |
| 17 | Do n't expect to have sex in a bothy either . |