Example sentences of "[not/n't] expect [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John had not expected such an overwhelming response , and as not even the Ballroom itself could contain such large numbers , he took them all outside into the street to make his selection . |
| 2 | She had not expected such direct questioning . |
| 3 | Mr Reynolds was understandably shaken ; even though he had " suspected the worst " ( cancer ) , he had not expected such an extensive operation . |
| 4 | They had not expected that . |
| 5 | All that amazed her was that he had not expected that . |
| 6 | Lisa had not expected that of him . |
| 7 | It was humiliating , and she had not expected that kind of reaction from him . |
| 8 | Although ready for a shock , Charity had not expected this particular one . |
| 9 | ‘ Wait , ’ gasped Troy , who had not expected this , ‘ let me breathe ! |
| 10 | Grainne had known that when it finally came to it , she would be afraid — for I have never known anyone other than Fergus , and with Fergus it was so natural and so sweet — but she had not expected this sudden rush of tenderness . |
| 11 | She had accepted that she could not help loving him , but she had not expected this result . |
| 12 | She had not expected this . |
| 13 | Love Virgos involved in a new relationship should not expect much progress until at least early December . |
| 14 | But do not expect much new philosophy from the present government . |
| 15 | I am a woman , and also a writer who has used up her allotment of renown during her own lifetime ; and on those two grounds I do not expect much pity , or much understanding , from posterity . |
| 16 | I do not expect much joy from the Minister tonight , but I give warning that , for the time I remain on these Benches , with the label on which I came here eight and a half years ago — as a Labour Member of Parliament , albeit a Member who has a label beneath his name on the TV as an expelled Labour Member — I shall bring before the House the necessary measures not just to talk about the death of the poll tax but to bury it once and for all . |
| 17 | People are realizing that you just can not expect much of them and that one way of improving local lives is to get together in local communities and groups and participating wider area networks and in such coalitions of people , th th they manage to keep some sort of community spirit and activity going . |
| 18 | Although a company can not expect all staff offered transfers to other parts of the country to accept them , it can take steps to improve employees ' attitudes towards relocation . |
| 19 | Although we predict that many of these sites are DNA-PK phosphorylation sites , we do not expect all Ser-Gln motifs to serve as DNA-PK recognition elements . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , I did not expect that from you . ’ |
| 21 | Also it is disappointing that despite these improvements in performance we still do not understand properly the physics of thermal insulation and we did not expect that increased density ( up to the limit when particle collisions take over ) would have quite the favourable effect that we have found in many machines . |
| 22 | We should not expect that research will come up with recipes and remedies which will work whatever the circumstances . |
| 23 | ‘ I would not expect that . |
| 24 | With so many airlines strapped for cash and with costs increasing , passengers should not expect many more fare-wars . |
| 25 | Even so we do not expect such spells to lead to permanent changes in our lifestyle . |
| 26 | But one should not expect such economic movements to determine the details of changing musical practice in any mechanical way . |
| 27 | Do not expect such a dramatic improvement on all of your reports but they will all benefit from a modest improvement . |
| 28 | Another implication of ( 16 ) , or ( 15 ) , is that , apart from questioning the adjective , the language would also provide a means to question the noun phrase alone while " leaving behind " the predicate qualifier ( even though one might not expect such questions to be particularly common in practice ) , and in fact such questions are perfectly grammatical : ( 21 ) who(m) did he paint seated ? what did he send registered ? |
| 29 | In ( 2 ) , for instance , the idea of unmanly seems to correspond to what caused the person represented as the support of the infinitive to perform the action of treating a woman badly , and the sentence suggests that the speaker did not expect such unmanly behaviour from the person he is addressing . |
| 30 | I did not expect such kindness … |