Example sentences of "[not/n't] expect this " in BNC.

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1 Although ready for a shock , Charity had not expected this particular one .
2 ‘ Wait , ’ gasped Troy , who had not expected this , ‘ let me breathe !
3 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 .
4 She had accepted that she could not help loving him , but she had not expected this result .
5 She had not expected this .
6 Naturally you should not expect this to be a full consultation , but it should give you time to see how you relate to the particular therapist concerned and how much confidence you feel in him .
7 ‘ The reason I have called you both here is to remind you that you are now second-year witches , and I do not expect this ridiculous feud between you two girls to continue .
8 ‘ I did not expect this from you , Louisa .
9 I would not expect this work to be on a contingency basis and would expect the fees to fall in the range of £ [ ] — £ [ ] per hour .
10 On June 10 OPEC 's Secretary-General Subroto said in Madrid that the resumption of Kuwaiti and Iraqi oil exports would be co-ordinated by the organization , which did not expect this to affect the stabilization of prices later in 1991 .
11 But he said : ‘ We would not expect this to be the case when the ambulance station is within a few hundred yards of the person who made the call . ’
12 Mrs Heaton said : ‘ I certainly did not expect this we had come to look at the architecture . ’
13 Troy looked puzzled for a moment , not expecting this childlike cry from his proud wife .
14 He was not expecting this display of outright defiance .
15 He had n't expected this precipitate visit and in the last hour he had bawled out everyone in sight .
16 Probably they had n't expected this .
17 She had n't expected this .
18 I did n't expect this sort of driving from a three-times world champion . ’
19 ‘ I did n't expect this .
20 ‘ I did n't expect this extra bit of spare time . ’
21 We do n't expect this sort of thing to happen to us . ’
22 Do n't expect this router to produce complex edge patterns using one large cutter : more decorative edges can be formed if the user is patient and makes several simpler profiles which can be fixed together .
23 I did n't expect this of you .
24 They did n't expect this old transporter carrier to be fitted with cellular disrupters . ’
25 ‘ I did n't expect this treatment from my father 's oldest friend , ’ said Monks angrily , sitting down with a frown on his face .
26 ‘ I did n't expect this . ’
27 He did n't expect this savage hiss of reaction .
28 I would n't expect this to happen in a capitalist country so why expect anything different from the USSR ?
29 ‘ Traditionally games against Meath are always close , and I would n't expect this one to be any different . ’
30 The special analyst they got for Italia 90 was Docherty , and he was , on the whole , pretty pathetic ( although I was amazed when , during England- Cameroun , he stated that England was playing terribly ; did n't expect this from someone commenting for a TV audience which was solidly pro-England ) .
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