Example sentences of "he expect [art] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 In this he was only following in Lanfranc 's footsteps , and it is clear that he expected the king to exercise more authority in ecclesiastical affairs than the more ‘ advanced ’ ecclesiastical theorists of his time thought tolerable .
2 He expected the Archon to make a rousing speech , denouncing the forces of ill-reason and pleading for a suspension of the conflict , pending negotiations .
3 He gave important , but merely verbal assurances that the proceeds from it for the arts , heritage , sport and charities would not substitute other government funds for these areas and that he expected the cash to begin flowing at the end of 1994 .
4 The chief inspector of nuclear installations , Ron Anthony , now admits that he expected the inquiry to open later in the licensing procedure — which is independent of the inquiry 's deliberations .
5 Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt said he expected the project to proceed , but did not say whether the government would take the unprecedented step of overriding the commission ; environmentalists have pressed for a tunnel to be built instead .
6 When asked about a timeframe for these auctions , the spokesman said that there was ‘ no hurry ’ but that he expected the aircraft to have gone to its new home by Christmas .
7 John Kendall , economist at Baring Brothers , said he expected the market to continue to be firm next week .
8 At least for the short period of time he expected the combat to last .
9 Addressing the Assembly , Yeltsin said that at the forthcoming Congress he expected an attempt to retreat from reforms .
10 Cruising at 150–185 mph , he expects the circumnavigation to take five and a half days .
11 The chief executive of State of Israel Bonds , Meyir Rosenne , says that he expects the issue to sell out in two weeks , something that would take him ten weeks in normal times .
12 He expects the effort to eliminate duplicated research and development efforts and allow resources to be transferred to the development of middleware technologies .
13 While he could provide no time scale for this , he did say that he expects the business to grow at 20% per annum .
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