In this case the man should expect an answer from the woman through the same person.
The men expected him to take some kind of action.
After that there was less trouble than a man would expect.
Just 13 years ago, a man could expect to live to be 61.1.
How could the man expect him just to pack up and run?
In the first place men have expected too much of the 'new' woman.
From a woman like that a man could expect a fine boy.
A man who turned 65 in 2011 can expect to live about another 18.7 years.
The man wasn't expecting me outside until the play was over.
Only a man would expect a girl to get ready to go out in ten minutes.