Example sentences of "do [adv] expect [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And that , as long as they did n't expect me to turn up to every committee meeting . |
| 32 | You did n't expect me to open it , did you ? ’ |
| 33 | Did her own work and did n't expect me to clear up after her . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | But this was an eastern European car so they did n't expect me to know the make . |
| 36 | as if you did n't expect me to have a brain in my head . |
| 37 | ‘ But you did n't expect me to come . ’ |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | And anything under five pounds well you did n't expect them to live . |
| 40 | ‘ I saw no point in trying to keep them apart , but I did n't expect them to spend so much time together . |
| 41 | ‘ Oh , millions — he did n't expect them to accept . ’ |
| 42 | I could see that they did n't expect them to have much effect . |
| 43 | ‘ I did n't expect them to have guns , ’ said Kellerman , gazing down at his stricken , companion . |
| 44 | I did n't expect them to eat the blue-green stuff — have you smelled it ? but I have a suspicion that it gets a toehold on spots where other algae are already in residence . |
| 45 | Eighty or 90 percent of the population down south did n't expect us to win this . ’ |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | ‘ When I said I 'd help you in any way I could I did n't expect you to turn into Torquemada ! ’ she said bitterly . |
| 48 | You know , when I said let me know about the blood results , I did n't expect you to call in person . ’ |
| 49 | Well she said she did n't expect you to use all of 'em did n't she ? |
| 50 | I did n't expect you to do the same again — that is , if you had a day off tomorrow . ’ |
| 51 | ‘ I did n't expect you to ask me in . ’ |
| 52 | She said , and I did n't expect you to say that . |
| 53 | ‘ I did n't expect you to carry out your pose as a sweet little innocent quite so thoroughly , ’ he murmured . |
| 54 | I did n't expect you to come so soon . ’ |
| 55 | ‘ Oh — I did n't expect you to come round again . |
| 56 | I 'm sure he did n't expect you to play the part to the hilt . |
| 57 | Yes , but as a County Councillor I did n't expect you to attack the idea of politically appointed Governors . |
| 58 | ‘ When I suggested we just … just put it down to experience , I did n't expect you to start dissecting and analysing everything , and mocking me in the process … ’ |
| 59 | They did n't expect it to last forever especially since he was planning to go to college back East . |
| 60 | We did n't expect it to last as long as it has , and were hoping for some relief by the end of the year . |