This paper accounts for what the expectation of a “second step” created by non seulement (not only) become in a 87 item corpus of spoken French. It takes the side to emphasize the least stereotypical examples. The data is first divided depending on wether or not the expectation created by non seulement is fulfilled. The examples where the expectation is fulfilled are then spread according to wether the fulfilling sequence (i) only fulfills the expectation of a next step, (ii) also establishes a relationship with the opening sequence, and (iii) moreover shows its belonging to a whole. This classification suggests a renewed conception of discourse correlation. In conclusion, mais aussi (but also) is not systematically correlated to non seulement. Although mais appears frequently in the next step foreshadowed by non seulement, the realization of the next-to-come remains basically free.