Example sentences of "he do [adv] expect [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his more pessimistic moments some rogue part of his mind knew this darkness to be inevitable , although he did not expect it to come in his time , maybe not even in his son 's . |
| 2 | Not that Eliot harboured any illusions about the efficacy of his work — although Notes … was selling well , he did not expect it to have much influence . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , millions — he did n't expect them to accept . ’ |
| 4 | He 'd made it clear enough after all that he did n't expect her to hang about as he had another date . |
| 5 | Oh , she had n't missed Naylor 's eyes on her a time or two when she exchanged some comment with Travis — but surely he did n't expect her to ignore him ! |
| 6 | He had won a victory , the doctor had come and put Wattling together again , and perhaps — though he did n't expect it — everything might return to normal . |
| 7 | Over the years about two acres of land has been washed away , and even though Gerry Glover , a former president and club historian , feared this could happen , he did n't expect it just yet . |
| 8 | He did n't expect it to be washed off again , either . |
| 9 | I 'm sure he did n't expect you to play the part to the hilt . |
| 10 | He does , he 's gone a bit quieter now , it 's this , you 've probably surprised him , he did n't expect you to be here |
| 11 | He did n't expect us to come rolling out of the pubs drunk , and the Yorkshire pudding to get flung at the ceiling with the gravy running down the walls like the tears of a black madonna . |
| 12 | One of the other things , of course , we 've got to always bear in mind when we und , try to understand the parables of Jesus is that you can not , and Jesus never meant for us , to find us u our , you know a parallel for every single little detail , the for for the colour of this , or the colour of that , or th the shape of something else , he did n't expect us and did n't mean for us to find out a pa a a parallel , a meaning for every single detail because otherwise you 're gon na be contradicting yourself again and again but what we must see is , what is the main basic truth that Jesus is teaching here ? |
| 13 | He does not misuse freedom , and he does not expect us to either . |
| 14 | ‘ He 's angry and irritable and he 's made it clear from the very beginning that he does n't expect me to come up to scratch . ’ |
| 15 | But , he added , he does n't expect it to happen overnight . |
| 16 | But , he added , he does n't expect it to happen overnight . |
| 17 | He does n't expect us to succeed , but on the other hand he does n't expect the German attack to succeed , either . |
| 18 | The holy spirit gives us a new prospective on life and it , it , it deepens our relationship with God , we do n't have to try and make , make a success of our new Christian life by ourselves , you know it does n't matter whether you 've been a Christian for a week , for a day , for twenty , for fifty years , if you try to do it one day by yourself you are guaranteed failure , there is no way you can do it , it does n't matter how long you 've been a Christian or how short a period , you can not do it , if the great apostle Paul , he could , he said I can do nothing of myself he said I am not sufficient , for all my learning , for all the wonderful visions I 've had , for the knowledge that God has given to me , that I 've been able to write these great apostle 's , he says that I can not do it myself , I ca n't live this Christian life myself and the tremendous thing that none of us , no matter who we are , we do not have to try to make a success of our Christian life on our own , it 's a partnership and God is the senior partner in it , he does n't expect us to do it by ourselves , listen to what the , the , that , the same apostle Paul says when he 's writing to the , the Gelation Christians , in , in chapter two , verse twenty , listen to what he says there , he says I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me and the life which I know live in the flesh I live by faith in the son of God who loved me and delivered himself for me , he said I do n't do it by myself , why not , very simply cos he ca n't , he did n't know how to , he did n't have the power to do it he says but the life I 'm living , I live by the power of Christ who died for me , who gave himself for me and who now lives in me now by the holy spirit |