Example sentences of "he expected [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But as I watched him pick his way along the lifeless paths , I understood how much of him expected the whole world to be mournful now that Montaine had abandoned it .
2 He said he expected a substantial part of that money to be used as a ‘ starter ’ sum for Darlington schools St Augustines and St Bedes .
3 He expected a celebratory meal on re-entry into this life , and a litre of his own wine from the most recent good vintage .
4 When told it could , Postelnicu made it clear that he expected a regular supply of Scotch to be discreetly deposited there .
5 Mr Ebbert warned that the company would have to continue operating at reduced output levels for the immediate future , even though he expected a modest improvement in total UK new car sales this year — a rise of perhaps about 7 per cent to 1.7 million .
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