Example sentences of "[coord] do [adv] expect [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And do n't expect me to be there tonight , you pig ! |
| 2 | And do not expect them to be up to date — if you carry on reading Practical PC you might soon know more about state of the art computing than the tutor . |
| 3 | The man talked non-stop and did not expect me to contribute . |
| 4 | There were twenty of us , other chaps in much the same boat as me , Nancy our tutor was cheerful , down to earth and did not expect us to be cordon bleu cooks . |
| 5 | Did her own work and did n't expect me to clear up after her . |
| 6 | I suggest she opened the window for someone else , and did n't expect her own fingerprints to be taken . |
| 7 | ‘ She knows we 're anxious to see him , and does n't expect him to go rushing off to see her the minute he arrives . ’ |
| 8 | I am enclosing tickets for the new play and as they are in the front stalls , I may see you as I come on , ; but do not expect me to salute you , you understand , as I shall be taken up with my part . |
| 9 | But do not expect me to understand , let alone share , your views . |
| 10 | But do not expect me in your bed , Prince Yuan . |
| 11 | A heated propagator will maintain a higher temperature than the ambient air , but do not expect it to achieve a lift of more than about 10°C ( ie , if you wish to maintain 21°C/70°F , the greenhouse should be heated to 10°C/50°F ) . |
| 12 | I 'm used to similar excerpts in The Telegraph and in the local press , but do n't expect them to be so boring . |
| 13 | So , you can certainly get successful results from pressing wild flowers , but do n't expect them to keep their colours as well as their cultivated counterparts . |
| 14 | Most shops are prepared for your to do this with expensive boots , but do n't expect them to be exchanged if they 've been marked in any way or worn outside ! |
| 15 | * Use cohesive markers , but do n't expect them to create connections between unconnectable material ( see pp. 100 – 4 ) . |
| 16 | If you 're suffering withdrawal symptoms , that 's too bad , but do n't expect me to help you . ’ |
| 17 | But do n't expect your travel insurance to pay up unless you 're injured or get your luggage damaged in the storms . |
| 18 | But do n't expect your fellow students to constitute a representative cross-section of the community at large — if only because they contain an above-average proportion of younger people and others who are most able to sustain continuous study and to benefit from college education . |
| 19 | But do n't expect it to cost any more by law a midwife must attend your birth and this will be provided by the NHS . |
| 20 | It 's certainly nice to see someone who 's not into adventures but does n't expect us to trash the column . |