Survivors had expected rescue within the hour.

From this side I did not expect rescue; here I had given up long ago.

We can defeat any imperial fleet, in case you're expecting rescue.

Theyd have to be fools not to expect rescue coming from the Heralds.

I've been sure Joiya was so confident because she expected rescue.

And for heaven's sake, don't expect rescue from the storm.

It took four days to get a ship up from Earth; he could not expect rescue any sooner.

Of the 30 minutes in which they could expect rescue at the earliest, 15 had gone by.

He whirled, frightened, not remembering that he was expecting rescue.

True, their food supply was to be counted only in days; they were hunted; they couldn't expect rescue.