Example sentences of "[pron] be expecting [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm expecting another call from our informant . |
| 2 | Had she been expecting any apology , though , Fabia realised then that she would have been disappointed for , ‘ Hrm , ’ was all he grunted , and , handing the letter back , he scrutinised her with a hard look , and Fabia had the feeling that he thought that she was the one in the wrong ! |
| 3 | Unless er there was any er you know you , you were expecting any problems . |
| 4 | Er she has bought her own surgery in er Smethwick , but she comes from er , sh she 's married , she 's got one son and she 's expecting another baby any day now . |
| 5 | Liz , a busy working mother of three , is pictured with promotions executive , Elizabeth Ollier , who is expecting many friends to join in the family celebrations . |
| 6 | Mum Fran , who is expecting another baby in January , added : ‘ We have been very fortunate . |
| 7 | She was expecting another visit from the police . |
| 8 | You see , she expected so much , always had , and now she was expecting some miracle to come to her through her daughter . |
| 9 | She was expecting some supper . |
| 10 | Now several mornings a week when perhaps she should have been concerning herself with the house ( she delegated more and more to the housekeeper , who after all had run everything before she , Lily , had come ) , she would go and sit with Sadie , who was expecting another child at Christmas . |
| 11 | We 're expecting some students to get merit . |
| 12 | The last ten days gradually it has been coming back since the really trough period in late January with the war and the snow , etc. , and in fact this week erm we 're expecting this week to probably do double the level of bookings that we did last week , and that 's on overseas holidays for summer and winter . |
| 13 | ‘ The 5% increase in house prices which we were expecting this year would have solved most of our problems , including the brunt of the arrears and repossessions , ’ it says . |
| 14 | ‘ Maybe they 're expecting another explosion ? ’ |
| 15 | and he 's expecting some people to come round for his Legos . |
| 16 | His pale , brilliant eyes on her face , as if he was expecting some reaction , he said deliberately , ‘ I own Ca ’ del Leone . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You mean he was expecting another accident ? ’ |