At last I asked him if he expected an attack in the morning.

I don't think we could expect an attack from those areas.

We expected an attack all day but it did not come until the sun was going down.

It's the only place he will not expect an attack.

"Just under two weeks before we can first expect an attack."

He just hadn't expected an attack from such a quarter and so soon.

"But at the same time, I don't really expect an early attack on us here."

The last place in China a target would expect an attack.

They had expected an attack from the much closer east coast.

It was unlikely they expected an attack in the middle of the night.