Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect no " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expected no different when his Lordship sent me out on the morning of the 19th . |
| 2 | ‘ I expected no better , ’ said Herluin bitterly , and took the broken box in his hands to stare at the damage . |
| 3 | My main solace is being able to write down ( I expect no instant adoration ) my feelings , isolation , experiences , attitudes , in prose or poetry on paper — a safety valve . |
| 4 | But I expect no favours from Graham when it comes to team selection and I know they wo n't be offered . |
| 5 | As is common practice , Landlords kept the tenant 's deposit of £650 and told Debbie they would take their entire fee of £881 up front , so she expected no rent for the first month . |
| 6 | She had been standing on her own , holding a teacup in front of her , not looking about her , but rather fixedly out of the window , as though she expected no one to approach and invited no one . |
| 7 | ‘ Where does your kindness come from ? ’ she asked , and said it almost as if she expected no answer . |
| 8 | She expected no one . |
| 9 | She expected no favours from Ace , and he would be the last to give her any as far as her job was concerned . |
| 10 | ‘ And you expected no such visitors to the priory ? ’ |
| 11 | The people slipping and sliding on the pavements , spattered with slush by the passing traffic , look stoically wretched , as if they expect no better from life . |
| 12 | When they come to live and work in England they expect no language difficulties such as they know would await them in , say , Panama or Cuba . |
| 13 | He expected no less for the children in the classroom . |
| 14 | In light of this , he expected no reward but this day he knew he had received one as he stood at the door of a ward of children on whom he had operated , now sleeping peacefully and painlessly . |
| 15 | He expects no less of his people . |