Example sentences of "expecting [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are expecting 120 kids — Praise God ! ! |
| 2 | A falling yield curve is explained by investors expecting short-term rates to be lower in the future . |
| 3 | A humped yield curve is explained by investors expecting short-term interest rates to rise and long-term rates to fall . |
| 4 | He was n't expecting that . |
| 5 | They would not be expecting that . |
| 6 | I was n't expecting that . |
| 7 | The Cabinet then dispersed , expecting that next day another government , presumably a Conservative-Liberal coalition , would be formed … |
| 8 | They would n't be expecting that . |
| 9 | Oh that 's a bit political Rachael is n't it a bit political I was n't expecting that |
| 10 | He would n't be expecting that and , if he did n't hear her coming , the element of surprise might enable her to get past him . |
| 11 | be expecting that . |
| 12 | You do n't see many like that , I 'm not expecting that again . |
| 13 | was but , what you expecting that , obviously is n't called for a lot of night life , otherwise it would be there , there 's been discotheque , they 've been all sorts of things , but they 've closed down because they have n't made enough money |
| 14 | Joe was up in Long Field with Oz and the cabbage plants , expecting Jinny to join him . |
| 15 | Li Shai Tung looked about him , expecting strong disagreement with Tsu Ma 's remarks , but there was nothing . |
| 16 | If investors are expecting inflationary pressures in the future , the yield curve will be rising , while if they are anticipating disinflationary pressures , the yield curve will be falling . |
| 17 | Like , if he takes you to some crap trattoria , he 's only expecting half an hour of the missionary position . |
| 18 | There were various suggestions as to Balliol 's intentions in this southwards move : that his aim was first to divide the west from the east , then to work round and isolate Edinburgh ; that he knew of Sir Archibald Douglas 's mustering of his Galloway vassals and sought to keep this force from joining the main Scots array ; that perhaps he was expecting further English reinforcements from Carlisle and the West March ; and so on . |
| 19 | ‘ Are you expecting some important letter , Rose ? ’ her mother inquired anxiously . |
| 20 | Normally , I would n't care two hoots , but having come home unexpectedly , and with the thought of our marriage dazzling me , I 'm so happy that I keep expecting some obstacle to turn up . |
| 21 | He 's going to go through the tapes and pick the bits he 'd like to use on Monday next week ( with a stop watch to get an idea of the bits he 's interested in ) and will book into the OUTC studio on George Street ( 278802 ) during week you 're away ( 1 day 's booking max ) , expecting some help from Astrid/Simon/anyone else who 's around . |
| 22 | Not until the appearance in United Nations World , dated May 1951 , of an article by Professor Hans Thirring , entitled ‘ Is Peron 's A-bomb a swindle ? ’ , was Richter spurred to put pen to paper But his rejoinder , ‘ Argentina has no atom bomb ’ in the July issue of that journal , was a disappointment to those expecting some scientific enlightenment . |
| 23 | I was half expecting some serious , mumbling classical music type , but instead I found an intelligent and lively personality whose last opera was a portrait of American comedian Jack Benny . |
| 24 | It had been expecting some trouble on May 23th , the anniversary of China 's annexation of Tibet in 1951 . |
| 25 | The results of the Concorde trial came as ‘ a considerable shock ’ , he says , particularly to those who had been expecting some positive outcome , however small . |
| 26 | Evidently the employers were expecting some hostility , as the reminiscences of one elderly compositor suggest : " back in the 70s … |
| 27 | You see , she expected so much , always had , and now she was expecting some miracle to come to her through her daughter . |
| 28 | It would be just like Sipotai to attempt overwhelming force , and he had been expecting some kind of reaction ever since he had issued the order for Vortai 's herds to be culled . |
| 29 | She reached down and , for a moment , Pete was half expecting some response ; a stag , perhaps , breaking the surface of the lake and climbing out to her , water streaming from its flanks as it came to her hand . |
| 30 | It paused , obviously expecting some kind of shocked reaction . |