Example sentences of "he [modal v] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stevens was one of the most meticulous of film directors and any actor working with him could expect a gruelling time . |
| 2 | ‘ I warn the abolitionists ’ , says South Carolina , ‘ … that if chance shall throw any of them into our hands he may expect a felon 's death … |
| 3 | Heseltine has an awesome reputation in Whitehall for generating loyalty and enthusiasm among his civil servants — he is , in fact , accorded the sort of political devotion from his mandarins that he should expect from his daughter . |
| 4 | He should expect as good a season as Russell Claydon . |
| 5 | I 'll tell you give him a ring , tell him that you 've given me his , the telephone number and he should expect that I 'll give him a call in the next week |
| 6 | He must expect to be asked , like the woman , about his recent sexual encounters and whether a condom was used or not . |
| 7 | What he must expect , and assume , was truth in lending . |
| 8 | ‘ But he must expect that every week now . |
| 9 | He must expect her to get up off the bed and kiss his cheek , say good-night , see you in the morning , go out quickly and close the door behind her . |
| 10 | But now we are one again he 'll expect his own personal maid , cook and bottle-washer . |
| 11 | Tonight it 's my turn ; he 'll expect me to take up the story where he left off , but I 've no intention of doing that . |
| 12 | He 'll expect him to do what he 's told . |
| 13 | Your father will be home for dinner tonight , and I 'm sure he 'll expect you to be here . ’ |
| 14 | He 'll expect the double-bluff . |
| 15 | Then I think : he 'll have worked that out as well , so he 'll expect me to go to the car . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's possible — he knows I 'll be looking for him — but he 'll have to remain in this country until he can collect his legacy , and by then he 'll expect me to have given up . ’ |
| 17 | But then came a row with the aged President Tito over the sort of reception he might expect on a visit to Belgrade . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He walked towards it , habit making him look about him , as if , even here , he might expect attack . |
| 20 | A failed marriage is one of those unconsidered trifles he might expect to sniff out . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | If he backed his superior , Marshal Yazov , and the putschists , he might expect promotion ; but he would still be far from the top . |
| 23 | As an anxious new father , Belinda 's partner , Jem , read everything he could find about Down 's syndrome because he wanted to know what he could expect from the future . |
| 24 | Knowing how rauch he could expect to earn on a regular basis from each market , he tailored his budgets accordingly . |
| 25 | In the late afternoon the Committee pulled its favourite form of persuasion : it went into secret session , with a direction that if he did n't sing in secret he could expect to be jailed for contempt of Congress ( i.e. the committee ) . |
| 26 | So he learnt that if he gave a little he could expect a reward . |
| 27 | He was wanting to know whether he could expect you for lunch . ’ |
| 28 | He consulted diviners when Anne Boleyn became pregnant , anxious to know whether he could expect a male heir . |
| 29 | Once there he was informed that his application was being looked upon favourably , and very shortly he could expect to hear that he was to report to Cranwell to begin his Officer Training Course . |
| 30 | His confinement was not over-rigorous , as ‘ the worthy jailer Smith ’ took him out for a walk while he was there ; and by 30th August he was back at home in Ambleside , having found Anne and the children as well as he could expect . |