Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] expecting [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Erm which wo n't be a vast amount , you know , I was expecting a slow start and we 've had a fairly slow start , but you know I 'm not worried by that at all . |
2 | We could n't get a babysitter , so I was expecting a cold TV dinner thrown at my head when I rolled back . |
3 | I was expecting the usual French style of service , with an ice-bucket and a carafe of chilled water , and two glasses containing a small amount of Pernod at the bottom . |
4 | James Brown when receiving our first album ‘ Box Frenzy ’ — ‘ I was expecting the first Clash album and got the third Sham 69 album ’ — which we thought was a bit of a compliment . |
5 | If you were expecting the graceful and chaste fluidity of Swan Lake , you would surely have got the right gunk . |
6 | A boss who was expecting a quiet birthday with his family at home was taken completely by surprise when his highly desirable secretary invited him back to her home for a drink after work . |
7 | And they 'd only be significant if we were expecting a significant disproportion anyway |
8 | We were expecting the American model to arrive in Europe with pleasurable anticipation , accepting its inevitability . |
9 | ( Perhaps this was where the first shock to people in the field arose 0 as one said , ‘ we were expecting an all-singing Branson man and what we got was , although he could be very charming , a quiet , distinctly unvibrant and very determined person ’ . ) |
10 | Many people there were expecting an Israeli attack on Jordan , the aims of which would be to force the Palestinians of the Occupied lands to remain in Jordan , and , in accordance with Israel 's notorious ‘ transfer plan ’ , accommodate the expected arrival in Israel of millions of immigrants from the Soviet Union . |
11 | They were expecting a three day music festival at this site near Milton Keynes . |
12 | They were expecting the finer points of drama and theatre management … instead they were introduced to the skills of the big top . |
13 | It was expecting a further 25,000 on Christmas Day . |