Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not expect King Arthur to rise fully accoutred from the cave in which he lies asleep , any more than I expect my father to clamber out of his shallow pit of prison lime . |
| 2 | I do not expect shame from Ministers , but I should have thought that all the Ministers present , and all the others who might come in later , would be a little wary about pressing this matter . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't expect things to be just good when you do them , however . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't expect miracles from him after being out of the first team for seven weeks . |
| 5 | Isobel said , ‘ I do n't expect Peter minds as much as you do . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't expect happiness ! ’ |
| 7 | I do n't expect Scott and Emma will come in your car but I would just go with you if that 's okay . |
| 8 | yeah recruiting , dog shitting on their street etc etc etc that we do our best to deal with in the yer know time honoured tradition of a policeman and a and we 're police officer sorry , sorry Trace , er and er we just you know I think it 's more a P R O thing than er anybody , but I do n't expect you to man it , I do n't expect Jenny or Ann or or Jane to man it |
| 9 | Now , I do n't expect Matthew to support that for one moment , but what I 'm saying to committee is that is our pragmatic solution at this moment . |
| 10 | I do n't expect John Major to do so , but the TUC will . ’ |
| 11 | I do n't expect politicians from Britain and France to understand , and I do n't expect their politics to bring peace here . ’ |
| 12 | I did n't expect Pete home any special time . ’ |
| 13 | I did n't expect Mr Meredith Williams to stay , ’ he said curtly . |
| 14 | Oh I did n't expect Clare to go down ill again . |
| 15 | Perhaps I had naively expected headlines of the HUMPHRY DAVY INVENTS MINERS ' SAFETY LAMP , ROSSINI WRITES FIRST OPERA , HENRY THOREAU BORN , kind of thing ! |