Example sentences of "he [verb] expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never would he have expected encounters with an assault force of Chelonians and the galaxy 's most notorious criminal in the space of a day . |
| 2 | He had expected antiques , flowers , the portraits of past barons de Chavigny which had always hung in the old Baron 's offices . |
| 3 | Fortescue looked surprised , as if he had expected Athelstan to keep his mouth shut for the entire interview . |
| 4 | He had expected money to answer every need . |
| 5 | He had expected weakness to yield to strength . |
| 6 | When she threw herself down on the grass , he had expected Underwood to take advantage of the situation , but he sat upright and apart . |
| 7 | He had expected losses , but this was above even his guestimate . |
| 8 | It was not a decision he had expected Massingham to welcome , and nor had he . |
| 9 | While chairman and chief executive , Peter Bonfield , said he is still ‘ not seeing the wide green shoots ’ of recovery , he does expect ICL to stay in the black during the coming year . |
| 10 | While he does expect recovery to come , he assumes life will be much gentler in the '90s than it was during the '80s . |