Example sentences of "he [verb] expect [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | Fortescue looked surprised , as if he had expected Athelstan to keep his mouth shut for the entire interview . |
2 | He had expected money to answer every need . |
3 | He had expected weakness to yield to strength . |
4 | When she threw herself down on the grass , he had expected Underwood to take advantage of the situation , but he sat upright and apart . |
5 | It was not a decision he had expected Massingham to welcome , and nor had he . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | While he does expect recovery to come , he assumes life will be much gentler in the '90s than it was during the '80s . |