Example sentences of "not expect the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had not expected the Prime Minister to look at her watch and say , ‘ I see it 's only eleven , so we have half an hour in hand . |
| 2 | Furthermore , the above is transcribed into fine-class phonemes and , as we saw in the previous section , we can not expect the front end to be so accurate , and indeed we may not want it to try . |
| 3 | Although Sir Campbell did not expect the strong sales growth of the first half to continue , he anticipated satisfactory results for the full year . |
| 4 | He was certainly not one of the ‘ tame ’ scholars and did not expect the young people to be so . |
| 5 | Since the Soviet Union had no forces in the region , or only token forces in the 1950s and 1960s it is likely that Soviet leaders did not expect the Western allies to take these early proposals altogether seriously . |
| 6 | From common sense one would not expect the mere possession of a regular , orderly arrangement of atoms or molecules to be a cause of weakness , and of course it is n't . |
| 7 | Moreover , one should not expect the liberal ideology of today , as revealed in ordinary discourse , to reflect the universalistic aspirations of the Enlightenment . |
| 8 | However , I do not expect the full effect to be felt until next year , when I am sure we can expect a megaseller each month . |
| 9 | He did not expect the French empire to be reconstituted at the end of the war . |
| 10 | They do not expect the medical profession to be disinterested , and are disappointed if it does not provide advice and support . |
| 11 | Well , she 'd been warned not to expect the welcome mat , Sabine thought , as she drove under the arch . |
| 12 | He had chosen this woman specifically because she was the sort she was — a simple type , immediately responsive to the baby , no outside involvements , so she was free to give her entire time to him , willing to do without time off while the baby was still on the breast , and not expecting the massive salary most women would want for a job like this . |