Example sentences of "he expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , he expected assistance from him . |
| 2 | Prof McVie said that he expected drugs to counter rogue genes could be available within seven years . |
| 3 | He expected Willie to ask if there had been any post but there was no response . |
| 4 | He expected talks last night between Forum and the small non-Communist parties to see what were the possibilities . |
| 5 | He expected Caterina to be there to tell him that Rosalba absolutely refused to meet him in such compromising circumstances and considered him a blackguard and a monster even to suggest such an assignation . |
| 6 | The sergeant thought Blanche would be tired after the tension of the previous hour or two , and he expected Blanche to sit at her desk quietly for a few minutes . |
| 7 | Transport minister Roger Freeman said yesterday he expected legislation to begin in the new year and be complete by October . |
| 8 | Parry recommended a revision of the practices of the construction industry , and said that he expected insurance costs to rise . |
| 9 | The Egyptian foreign minister , Amr Moussa , made it clear he expected Israel to offer more than it has so far to return the deportees to their homes in the occupied territories . |
| 10 | He looked as if he expected Wexford to hinder him , but Wexford said nothing . |
| 11 | Essentially , he expected art , even that of the Avant-garde , not merely to override the present but to ride it . |
| 12 | He expected Maud to come into his bed . |
| 13 | He expected William Temple to back Henson and was grieved to find that his hero was weak because he refused to stand up and fight . |
| 14 | He expected Charity to scoff at such weakness , but surprisingly , she seemed only to be concerned with how that could be arranged . |
| 15 | Simon Foster , director of the SMMT , said he expected sales in the final quarter of the year to be below those in the last three months of 1988 . |
| 16 | Greenspan stated that the probability of recession had slipped below 50 per cent and he expected growth in the first quarter of 1990 to be " slow but positive " . |
| 17 | Tim Eggar , the Energy Minister , told the conference that he expected recommendations by the end of the month from a working group on offshore costs chaired by John d'Ancona , the head of the Glasgow-based Offshore Supplies Office . |
| 18 | He expected silence when he spoke , almost required it , and the more worshipful the better . |
| 19 | The article says : ’ Mr. Major disagreed with the delegation 's gloomy forecast of when the recovery in construction would begin , saying he expected industry to emerge from recession in the middle of next year . ’ |
| 20 | He expected Bunny to stay behind , but he was the first out of the door . |
| 21 | He also told reporters he expected Syria , Jordan and Lebanon — the Arab countries talking peace with Israel in Washington — to sign other agreements with the Jewish state simultaneously within days . |
| 22 | Advanced Micro will have a fifth generation microprocessor on the market in 1995 , and other areas were also performing well , with strong sales in non-volatile Flash memory products , where he expected revenues to jump to $200m in 1993 from $45m in 1992 . |
| 23 | Announcing the scheme Education Minister Michael Ancram said he expected savings up to £100 , a year as a result of the improvements . |
| 24 | In what is a highly fluid situation , a senior opposition source said that he expected Forum ministers to be in office by the weekend . |
| 25 | He expected Mr Major to turn up at another party on Thursday night — even sneering : ‘ This is the vomit party , tomorrow 's is the cream ’ — but the Premier was flying across the Atlantic for a high-profile visit to Canadian leader Brian Mulroney . |
| 26 | The Profitboss places few demands on his colleagues , nor does he expect favours . |
| 27 | Could he expect Nebamun to do it for him ? |
| 28 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects TASM to be in service ; and where they will be based . |
| 29 | However , with the outbreaks of that disease in cattle beginning to plateau , Keith Meldrum , the Ministry of Agriculture 's chief veterinarian , has gone on record as saying he expects EC countries to start lifting the ban towards the end of the year . |
| 30 | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects work to commence on upgrading the A12 Chelmsford bypass from a two-lane to a three-lane road . |