Example sentences of "him to expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pension had attracted a few more guests than Herr Zimmerman 's complaints had given him to expect . |
| 2 | Yet another who went into a Scoops ( now Staks ) Reject China Shop described the stock in less than enthusiastic terms , although this was doubtless sour grapes over the sluggishness of the share price at the time — contrary to what his dealer had led him to expect . |
| 3 | It was unreasonable of him to expect her to know what it meant to people like Mrs Appleby to receive a visit from an employer . |
| 4 | It was not the kind of approach to the situation that the survey briefing had led him to expect , and Rostov realised that he was going to have to adjust his notions about standards of behaviour . |
| 5 | I 've had a word with him on the phone , and told him to expect a call from you . |
| 6 | The room was comfortable , though scarcely as ‘ princely ’ as the guidebook had led him to expect . |
| 7 | ‘ Telling him to expect word from this — what 's your name , girl ? ’ |
| 8 | The defender averred that as a result of that announcement he telephoned Macfie & Alexander , speaking to Mr Rae , one of the partners , and told him to expect an offer of £70,000 from Ferguson & Forster and that he instructed Mr Rae that when the offer was received , he ( the defender ) would consider its terms and if he found them satisfactory he would instruct Mr Rae to accept the offer . |
| 9 | Gould 's experiences so far had encouraged him to expect similar rewards from the next leg of the expedition , and he left Van Diemen 's Land in a spirit of optimism and with a light heart . |
| 10 | It 's not fair for him to expect you to stay — especially now Garvey 's made criminals of us all . |