Example sentences of "[adv] expect he to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One would naturally expect him to be well fed . ’ |
| 2 | She did not expect him to be ‘ faithful ’ , but he was . |
| 3 | Do not expect him to always be amused , though ; he is a very powerful man . |
| 4 | Edward had not come back from the construction firm at David with anything saved up , but then , she had hardly expected him to . |
| 5 | Well , we hardly expect him to be a successful , happily married bank manager with four lovely kids just coming up to GCE or whatever they call it now . |
| 6 | You could hardly expect him to be ready to defend it , or give his life for it . |
| 7 | On the drive back he considered whether the man were guilty of something more heinous than drinking champagne with a rich young woman on an afternoon when his constituents might reasonably expect him to be in the House of Commons . |
| 8 | The point being that even Bleasdale who knew Palin well had n't expected him to be quite so nice . |
| 9 | She had n't expected him to be simply standing there , watching her , and her breath caught in a small gasp as she almost collided with him . |
| 10 | She ploughed on : ‘ He goes where the Cap'n goes , and th'ca n't expect him to on her apron , and went to open the door . |
| 11 | You ca n't expect him to be grateful for things we did together when we were in love — when we were working happily together . |
| 12 | At this stage I could n't expect him to be on the bit , but nor did I want him slopping along . |
| 13 | You could n't expect him to be logical , I should 've learnt that by now . |
| 14 | ‘ I certainly hope you would n't expect him to , ’ said my mother . |
| 15 | They would n't expect him to be in a vehicle . |
| 16 | He made it clear he could never acknowledge my existence to his family and I did n't expect him to . |
| 17 | Fael-Inis told him very gently and very nicely , but you ca n't expect him to be other than quite dreadfully upset , can you ? |
| 18 | He did n't apologise for what he 'd just said , she did n't expect him to . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't expect him to , ’ Fernando said solemnly . |
| 20 | Yeah , well you do n't expect him to be on top of the world do you ? |
| 21 | I did n't expect him to be quite that big but he |
| 22 | ‘ It is a real bonus after I fully expected him to be unavailable for the Poland match . |
| 23 | I half expected him to " clown " a bit and not to be really interested , but he worked seriously and was a great asset to the group and to me in later discussion . |
| 24 | She half expected him to be angry , but he seemed amused rather than annoyed . |