Example sentences of "[adv] he expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | For years she has been complaining ‘ I never see anything of you , darling ’ and ‘ Why ca n't you spend a little more time with the family ? ’ — so naturally he expects her to be delighted to have him at home . |
| 2 | The Policyholder 's Doctor may indicate how long he expects his patient to be absent from work but normally every claim will have to be looked at individually and an appropriate estimate advised to I.S. As benefits are paid at four-weekly intervals , at least four weeks benefit must be estimated . |
| 3 | Perhaps he expected some protest from Constanza , a declaration , perhaps he hoped for it . |
| 4 | Perhaps he expected her to curtsy . |
| 5 | However carefully and reverently the job was going to be handled , obviously he expected nothing but disaster . |
| 6 | Somehow he expected TOP to be different . |
| 7 | Micky Yornutta is not so sure , so he asked Brian what exactly he expects from his side and Brian , as ever , decided not to sit on the fence , but the main concern being for his side to pass the ball as opposed to kicking it , but first Brian says that long ball to John Durnin is all wrong . |
| 8 | Wolfgang Roller , chairman of Dresdner Bank , said yesterday he expected long-term rates to fall by nearly two points and inflation to average 4 p.c. as the German economy recovers . |
| 9 | Transport minister Roger Freeman said yesterday he expected legislation to begin in the new year and be complete by October . |
| 10 | A US military spokesman , Colonel Fred Peck , said yesterday he expected about 4,200 troops to travel by sea from Mogadishu to Kismayu within the next 24 hours . |
| 11 | It was a calculated guess but sooner or later he expected to hit lucky , and here on the fringe of a large private estate the chances were better than anywhere . |
| 12 | And no doubt now he expected her to be suitably softened up by her two days ' grieving , ready to fall back into his arms on the strength of one calculated gesture . |
| 13 | He had turned her body to fire with a few practised touches out there and now he expected her to forget all that had happened , stand beside him and discuss the garden as if nothing in the world had just occurred . |
| 14 | And now he expects me to clean and cook for him . ’ |
| 15 | Last week the receivers moved in and now he expects to lose his home as well as his business . |
| 16 | AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Paul Keating said today he expected to discuss his country 's push to become a republic with the Queen during his stay at Balmoral next week . |
| 17 | Samuel Oldknow was generally regarded as a humane employer , but even he expected his apprentices to work for thirteen hours . |
| 18 | Mr Major has already asked Chancellor Helmut Kohl and other EC leaders to delay any decisions , at least until the EC summit at Maastricht in early December : presumably he expects to call an election this autumn . |
| 19 | Oldham boss Peter Tunks has , I understand , already held talks with Strett and , should he clinch a deal with the 24-year-old Orrell stand-off , then he expects to follow up with a tempting contract for England winger Heslop . |
| 20 | Maybe he expects to be house hunting . |
| 21 | Certainly he expects to be happy there , but even if we were to claim that his ultimate end is pleasure we should be using ‘ end ’ in another sense than when we say that his flight was the end to which booking the ticket was the means , since to enjoy living in a place is not an activity separate from and subsequent in time to living there . |