Example sentences of "[not/n't] expect such " 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 | Even so we do not expect such spells to lead to permanent changes in our lifestyle . |
| 5 | But one should not expect such economic movements to determine the details of changing musical practice in any mechanical way . |
| 6 | Do not expect such a dramatic improvement on all of your reports but they will all benefit from a modest improvement . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I did not expect such kindness … |
| 10 | He added that he did not expect such an acceptable method of slaughter to evolve in the near future . |
| 11 | I must admit we were certainly not expecting such an abundance of fish , nor such a diversity of species , from such a small pool . |
| 12 | The medical services , not expecting such large losses , were incapable of caring for all the wounded and there were insufficient ambulance trains to take the thousands of serious cases to base hospitals . |
| 13 | Kintsch and Bates ( 1977 ) tested students on their memory for classroom lectures several days after the lecture , when the students were not expecting such a test . |
| 14 | ‘ I must admit that I had n't expected such a prompt response to my advertisement . |
| 15 | People did n't expect such violence and brutality . |
| 16 | Despite the instruction often given by teachers to emphasise personal involvement towards the end of an essay , you should avoid the sort of over-personalised ending found in this essay : After reading the first paragraph , I did n't expect such an exciting story , but gradually I got more and more involved in the narrative and finally overwhelmed by this splendid spectacle , which I could vividly visualise . |
| 17 | Everyone in the village is shocked , you do n't expect such things to happen in a quiet backwater . |