Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [was/were] expect [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Says Catherine ‘ My flatmates and I were expecting the return of our £780 deposit when we were told the agency had gone bankrupt . |
2 | Another lady that I met was suffering from the elephant man 's disease ; her husband had recently died and she was expecting a baby . |
3 | So she had left her native Ireland with a new , gentle man and she was expecting a baby . |
4 | The senior , Flying Officer Jimmy Coutts , was married to a farmer 's daughter and they were expecting an addition to the family at any moment . |
5 | Naturally he was fed up , he 's only a child and he was expecting a present . |