Example sentences of "[vb past] he expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've had a word with him on the phone , and told him to expect a call from you . |
| 2 | The defender averred that as a result of that announcement he telephoned Macfie & Alexander , speaking to Mr Rae , one of the partners , and told him to expect an offer of £70,000 from Ferguson & Forster and that he instructed Mr Rae that when the offer was received , he ( the defender ) would consider its terms and if he found them satisfactory he would instruct Mr Rae to accept the offer . |
| 3 | It seemed impossible he would escape detection , and with each yard he covered he expected the alarm to be raised from within the house . |
| 4 | Cleo noticed he had left the circle incomplete ; she knew he expected her to join him within its protection before he sealed it . |
| 5 | ‘ Interesting , ’ she said , when she realised he expected a comment . |
| 6 | Richardson admitted he expected the booing . |
| 7 | Nor did he expect them to be republished . |
| 8 | Why did he expect a good crop of sugarbeet ? |
| 9 | What did he expect ? |
| 10 | What did he expect them to do , for God 's sake ? |
| 11 | ‘ Did he expect you to turn out like William ? ’ |
| 12 | She knew she looked scruffy , but what did he expect ? |
| 13 | He 'd said this would help her mother in some way , but just what did he expect of her in return ? |
| 14 | I will give the right hon. Gentleman no such undertaking ; nor did he expect me to . |
| 15 | But what did he expect them to write ? |
| 16 | What did he expect , for goodness ' sake ! |
| 17 | Er how did he expect the poor the people to live and pay mortgage and er , you know all this and that on dole money ! |
| 18 | Had he expected me to shout and betray him ? |
| 19 | How had he expected her to react to his betrayal — with laughter , perhaps , or nonchalance ? |
| 20 | Mr Carey , 46 , a distinguished BBC journalist for 23 years , said he expected to liaise constantly with broadcasters on what footage they required . |
| 21 | Rudolf Seiters , the head of the Bonn Chancellery , announcing the move last night , said he expected that 11,000 East Germans currently in Prague would join the special trains heading west . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The 119-page report is the result of a 10-month review led by the Press Council 's chairman , Mr Louis Blom-Cooper , who after meeting the full council yesterday said he expected it to take until next summer to reach final agreement on the recommendations . |
| 24 | ( Ferdinando said he expected the profit on Mr Landor 's rooms was so enormous it covered the cost of the rest more than double . ) |
| 25 | John Kendall , economist at Baring Brothers , said he expected the market to continue to be firm next week . |
| 26 | After the breakdown of talks in London he said he expected most of the cuts to fall on Merseyside 's Halewood plant . |
| 27 | He said he expected most of the cuts to fall on Merseyside 's Halewood plant . |
| 28 | Kinnear , who said he expected to make one more signing this week-end , looked forward to Jones the manager with a wry smile . |
| 29 | Regarding developments on the Pentium chip front , Dr Grove said he expected that Pentium-based machines would become as ubiquitous as the 80486 machines , and that the chip would be offered not only in servers but in desktop machines . |
| 30 | And last night top U.S. military commander General Colin Powell said he expected Western jets to be enforcing the zone within two weeks . |