Example sentences of "he might expect " in BNC.

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1 But then came a row with the aged President Tito over the sort of reception he might expect on a visit to Belgrade .
2 A single man might be useful for attacking the marauders that Winnie feared , but then he might expect his washing and ironing to be done , and his socks darned , and Winnie was beginning to feel rather too old for such mothering .
3 He walked towards it , habit making him look about him , as if , even here , he might expect attack .
4 A failed marriage is one of those unconsidered trifles he might expect to sniff out .
5 But he might expect you to trust your estuary lands more than you should , and give him battle west of Dunedin where he would have you between his ships and his army .
6 If he backed his superior , Marshal Yazov , and the putschists , he might expect promotion ; but he would still be far from the top .
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