Example sentences of "he [adv] expect [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He also expected support from Russia , but the tsar was too preoccupied with the affairs of Europe , where Napoleon was at the height of his powers , and Adam Czartoryski , the Russian foreign minister , advised negotiations with the Turks , rather than war . |
2 | He also expects US venture capital group Advent , to sell its 6.4% holding in the firm . |
3 | Was it because he had n't spotted it , or because he felt it would be dishonest to do so , or because he never expected criticism ? |
4 | It had been the same at the airport and I had thought then that perhaps he half expected Iris Sunderby to materialise out of the crowd . |
5 | He half expected ocean , the white towers of Moon Beach , but there was only land , land that looked infinite , land without end , and he stood still and stared , as if by staring he could make something happen , the first drop of rain already drying on his shoulder . |