Example sentences of "you [modal v] [not/n't] expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're in prison , you should n't expect luxury . |
| 2 | When you 've had an industrialist as a father and you know how a business works , you ca n't expect farmers to ignore every business principle to be Green . |
| 3 | ‘ But you ca n't expect Arnold Bros ( est. 1905 ) to help us if we show we do n't trust him ! ’ |
| 4 | You ca n't expect miracles . |
| 5 | When you actually abolish these things , you ca n't expect behaviour to be totally unchanged . |
| 6 | For that modest kind of money , of course , you ca n't expect perfection . |
| 7 | You ca n't expect people to tell you this , tell you that . |
| 8 | ‘ You ca n't expect people to come out of prison and go dashing to the social security — not on the day of their release . ’ |
| 9 | Clearly you ca n't expect admissions of people with disabilities er for example , taking one aspect of that er cultural and er that policy , to be high if you know the building itself is physically inaccessible . |
| 10 | You ca n't expect Mummy and me to do all the talking about you know what . |
| 11 | You ca n't expect Merrill to alter her arrangements at a moment 's notice . |
| 12 | DJ Supreme from Hijack 's offering is particularly raw , and seems mightily generous : you would n't expect Terminator X to give away his secrets , after all . |
| 13 | Every day we change a little , but you would n't expect Matthew not to know us , would you , eh ? ’ |