Sentence examples for cannot have expected to from inspiring English sources

Raheem Sterling in particular cannot have expected to find himself shackled so comprehensively by Paul Dummett.

Those who voted it down cannot have expected to see themselves proven right so soon.

Absolutely: the Fed, having trailed its plans for a year, cannot have expected to hit a hurdle so soon.

The new boy from Illinois who joined the Senate in 2005 cannot have expected to become president in less than four years.

Steven Whittaker had advanced from right back with real purpose but even he cannot have expected to sashay beyond Advocaat's left back and left-sided central defender with such consummate ease before shooting unerringly into the bottom corner.

Though the bank cannot have expected to collect serious money, it must dread airing its dirty linen again, at a time when Mr Kerviel has mobilised public opinion against it.

There is a reasonable chance this may have been David de Gea's final performance for Manchester United at Old Trafford and, if the suspicion is correct and he is bound for Real Madrid, it is fair to say he cannot have expected it to end with such an unorthodox farewell game.

Gordon Brown cannot have expected his housing announcements of a fortnight ago to have satisfied anyone.

They had every right to be confident but even they cannot have expected the capitulation that followed, with England bowled out in 37 overs for 103, a total boosted to a small extent only by some late hitting on a may-as-well-have-a-go basis.

Taylor has done it all for medium-term gain, aiming to peak for the World Championship, but he cannot have expected so much trouble in the short term.

Nationalism, xenophobia and intolerance, once part of the political fringe, have become mainstream— something even Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russia's clownish right-wing nationalist leader, cannot have expected.