Example sentences of "expecting [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Married women who had not been receiving support from their husband when they were first interviewed , and were therefore not expecting support from him during subsequent crises , had a much reduced risk of depression if they received help from someone else whom they had named as very close at the first interview . |
| 2 | And meanwhile we 'll keep going you know and er and do what we have to do which is to make sure that when they get dow when they get round to that table sitting down that well certainly the the quarry men are not gon na be hungry if if you know what I mean I mean they they gon na sit there with full bellies in a sense that they 're not gon na be starved back and I mean th that sounds rather dramatic and a cliched but I mean when you 're living on the bread line and expecting money from week to week I mean that 's what it 's all about is n't it you know and and the food parcel . |
| 3 | The right hand pulling on a not very positive lay-off and the left gripping a tenuous pinch , I moved up , expecting friction on the slab above to take me to a small shelf . |
| 4 | Had she been expecting Naylor to be stuck for words or , now that the moment of carrying out the plan he had put to her had arrived , ducking it , then she was disappointed on both counts . |
| 5 | Somehow she 'd been expecting resistance , something she had frequently encountered with Graham Rowell whenever she had attempted anything new , and it came as a shock to find that she and David Markham were on the same wavelength . |
| 6 | Nat tells Tony , expecting sympathy and assistance . |
| 7 | Greece and Spain expect emissions to rise by at least 25 per cent and Portugal is expecting rise of between 29-39 per cent , depending on economic growth . |
| 8 | Expecting part timers to perform full time duties is difficult to dislodge , and the temptation to use them as ‘ fillers ’ for odd jobs remains . |
| 9 | The other men were standing well to one side expecting violence and the soldier finished his cigarette and put his hands into his pockets instead of holding them high . |
| 10 | as if conforming to some prearranged ceremony they grouped themselves into a semicircle with Alex Mair a little to the front , like a formal welcoming party but one bracing itself for trouble rather than expecting pleasure from the approaching guest . |
| 11 | They were expecting Club 18–30 , but she would be long gone before that intrusion . |
| 12 | I wore my trusty Scarpa Trionic Mantas ( £106 ) for the whole trek , as we were expecting snow and would therefore need the compatible Yeti Gaiters that help make the boots virtually waterproof . |
| 13 | you wan na see this one with location ski jacket on , I 'm expecting snow any minute |
| 14 | I looked like a rag doll , and they were expecting princess Voluptua . |
| 15 | Surely he was n't expecting help ? |
| 16 | Later , in a speech at Warsaw University , the Prince spoke with admiration of the Polish people 's struggle and talked to the veterans of the uprising in which people took to the streets against the Germans , expecting help which never came from the nearby Russian army . |
| 17 | If De Gaulle was expecting help from the others , he was deceived . |
| 18 | It certainly is n't simply a case of just reading up on the reviews , playing around with a couple of the likely programs and then buying a system or two and expecting peace , harmony and perfect publications to be the end result ! |
| 19 | It 's also expecting Sun 's director of US reseller channels Dan Shaver to resign . |
| 20 | EVERY expecting parent dreams of having a healthy baby , but much of this depends on lifestyle during pregnancy . |
| 21 | Interested parties are now not expecting quantity shipments of 40Mhz Sparc Vikings until the first quarter . |
| 22 | I think they were expecting roller skates and waterfalls . ’ |
| 23 | This was said in a voice expecting contradiction , which Charles wilfully withheld . |
| 24 | So guilt is to do with taking responsibility and expecting punishment . |
| 25 | The futures market is expecting sterling to depreciate by 4 per cent against the dollar over the year . |
| 26 | About 60 p.c. will be A bonds , so investors expecting redemption in 1994 may have to wait several extra years for full repayment : holders are likely to seek higher interest rates as compensation . |
| 27 | John asked Norma , who was putting on her paint , what she thought of Amaranth Wilikins 's performance ; his question , expecting approval , received the reverse . |
| 28 | Jessica switched off the drier and lifted the receiver beside her bed , expecting Parr . |
| 29 | Top management will have to provide a convincing case , but there is , nevertheless , considerable evidence that human cognitive processes provide a natural basis for expecting behaviour according to core values once they have been established , and this fact can be a fundamental management aid . |
| 30 | Jacob was not expecting forgiveness from his brother . |