Example sentences of "[adv] do [adv] expect [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I 'm not like that , so do n't expect me to clear this course with my magic wand . ’ |
| 2 | So do n't expect me to talk to you . |
| 3 | They have short attention spans so do n't expect them to sit for hours on end without fidgeting , yawning or falling asleep . |
| 4 | ‘ Just do n't expect me to eat anything cooked in it , ’ he says . |
| 5 | Just do n't expect me to ring for an ambulance in the morning when you 're discovered suffering from pneumonia and exposure ! ’ |
| 6 | I mean some people just do n't expect you to let them out so they 're dreaming mostly . |
| 7 | Just do n't expect it to do anything fancy like lift off the arm at the end of the record ; such mechanisms usually degrade the sound , and are best avoided . |
| 8 | but there were some of the things in there and I just did n't expect them to ask me , and it was n't in the book like . |
| 9 | We just did n't expect it so soon ! ’ |
| 10 | They 've taken some very carefully set-up photographs with a big fucking camera and I suspect — from an aside or two they probably did n't expect me to understand — that these snaps will be the basis for some computer manipulation to see how well I fit the bill . |
| 11 | They clearly did n't expect we would stand firm . ’ |
| 12 | Do you think that teachers really do n't expect them to do well in the sciences and perhaps even positively discourage them from going into science ? |
| 13 | There are no fried foods on the diet ( you really did n't expect them , did you ? ) , but there are some stir-fry dishes and here you just wipe the inside of the pan or wok with a piece of kitchen roll dipped in sunflower or corn oil . |
| 14 | Remember that you 're going abroad because it 's different so please do n't expect it to be the same as home ! |
| 15 | Director of OEM and technology licensing for IBM 's advanced workstations and systems division , Lucian Bifano said ‘ Since the [ PowerPC ] agreement with Motorola and Apple 18 months ago , we speculated on who would be the first to market with a product ; we certainly did not expect it to come four months after our October announcement of the first silicon ’ . |
| 16 | I certainly did n't expect her to actually complain about the LP she 's supposedly promoting . |
| 17 | He was quite an average sort of pupil , nothing out of the ordinary , and I certainly did n't expect him to become what he is today . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Old Fosdyke certainly did n't expect it . ’ |
| 19 | And I certainly do n't expect you to darn my socks . |