He expects his wife to be hospitalized for the rest of the week.

He did not expect his wife, who was much younger, to die first.

At times he expected his wife and daughters to walk through a door or to be on the phone when it rang.

As I expect my wife will already have told you.

However, he expects his wife to play the traditional role.

The committee did not expect the minister's wife to stay at home; its six women all worked.

I tell them: 'Look, you expect your wife to be slim and beautiful.

But I'm expecting my wife back tonight, and we should be able to manage then.

He'd not expected his young wife to respond to him.

Probably he had expected his wife to be out.