Example sentences of "[not/n't] expect [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had not expected things to go like this . |
| 2 | But we 've got to live by their rules and not expect privileges because we happen to be women . ’ |
| 3 | After Auschwitz , would you not expect Germans to take every conceivable care to stop German arms filtering through to where they could threaten Israel ? |
| 4 | And if a man permits his personal belief to distort , alter or transform historical fact , he can not expect others , whether or not they share his belief , to condone the process . |
| 5 | The committee do not expect members participating to be put to any expense or undue trouble , the proposal is merely to be an ‘ old boy ’ friend in a strange town or country . |
| 6 | Shieldaig did not expect visitors and there was no welcome for strangers . |
| 7 | He will not expect miracles , only a reasonable standard of proficiency . |
| 8 | In his inaugural address Konare warned that the country should not expect miracles ; although he wished to bring hope to the country , he said , he was not a " pedlar of illusion " . |
| 9 | He does not expect miracles from Lennie and is not at all surprised when Lennie forgets things , even though he gets angry at him . |
| 10 | We do not expect prices to rise generally for a further two years . |
| 11 | We can not expect teachers of science , history of geography to accept that they need to know about , say , the nature of language or the multiplicity of its functions , unless we can show how the need for this knowledge derives — by a chain of relevance sufficiently direct to be convincing — from their own search for greater pedagogic effectiveness . |
| 12 | We do not expect doctors to run an intensive care unit simply by measuring the pulse rates of their patients . |
| 13 | She did not expect letters but on hearing from her the news of Hal 's birth , they had at once despatched an enormous bearskin : a gift for the child . |
| 14 | The Zande do not expect things to work unless they are properly made . |
| 15 | Hence we can not expect markets and prices to ensure that the marginal benefits of making a noise are equated to the marginal cost of that noise to other people . |
| 16 | As with externalities , we can not expect markets to allocate resources efficiently if the markets do not exist in the first place . |
| 17 | We have come to appreciate that we can not expect children to live by our adult standards too early , or too quickly , without doing them harm ; but nor should we expect them to socialize themselves . |
| 18 | The imagination must be fed ; we should not expect children to go on drawing from imagination or memory without directing his attention to the things he does and sees , and tries to imagine . |
| 19 | We can not expect voters to leave their conscience behind them when they go to the polling booth . |
| 20 | Of course we can not expect linguists , text critics or publishers to explain to us how best to interpret , mark and process those classically ambiguous phrases which are now the stock and trade of historical data modelling exercises . |
| 21 | We can not expect pupils to learn the sophistication necessary for handling difficult concepts if we constantly draw a veil over them and shut pupils off from the real debate . |
| 22 | And David warns you not to expect gags . |
| 23 | ‘ We are not expecting miracles but we think we can do well . |
| 24 | Bates — Not expecting miracles against France |
| 25 | For her and others like her it is a question of wanting it sufficiently , being prepared to put in the work and not expecting concessions because they are women . |
| 26 | Staff levels have reached a low ebb and many firms are not expecting salaries to keep pace with inflation in the immediate future . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't expect things to be just good when you do them , however . |
| 28 | They do n't expect things to be done perfectly . |
| 29 | Microsoft Corp is now saying that Windows/NT will be announced on May 24 and that the target is to deliver it before the end of the second quarter , although US PC Week does n't expect ships to start until July ; there 's no exact date , says the company , since it will not ship until the product it is spot-on . |
| 30 | You do n't expect players to be warned for excessive aggression at this level , but they were , and the first to be admonished was an old hand at listening to finger pointing lectures . |