Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] be expecting " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she had been expecting something like this , Robbie 's mouth was suddenly dry , her tongue cleaving to the roof of her mouth . |
| 2 | However they also felt that they had been expecting most children to write in sentences at too early an age . |
| 3 | We believe that German unification will prove more troublesome than anyone has been expecting , keeping interest and exchange rates higher than expected . |
| 4 | But then he frowned , because the key that he 'd been expecting did n't appear anywhere in the picture — |
| 5 | It was as if I had been expecting visitors . |
| 6 | If she had been expecting an immediate outcry , she was sadly disappointed , but she was a determined young woman . |
| 7 | They were soon strolling with me round the house as if they 'd been expecting me for weeks . |
| 8 | Then , hoping he could remember enough of the ancient language of chivalry and selecting his words with extreme care , he said , ‘ Good Trees , we ask your assistance , ’ and saw the Elms nod to one another meaningfully , as if they had been expecting all along to be asked to do something for the Humans . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He seemed calm , almost as if he had been expecting his deputy 's treachery . |
| 11 | Victory may have been his Down Under if this Honda had n't cooked its clutch , but he 's been expecting his Michelins to have the upper hand in hot weather . |
| 12 | Because he 'd been expecting someone else ? |
| 13 | ‘ Why , Gloria , my dear ! ’ said one of the ladies , putting aside her soup-dish and hurrying across the wide room to welcome them almost , but not quite , as though she had been expecting them . |
| 14 | She picked up on the first ring , almost as though she had been expecting him to call . |
| 15 | It does seem , though , that when the death of someone we love is sudden it does not have to be that the shock is greater than when we have been expecting it . |
| 16 | And the lock did n't turn as he 'd been expecting it to — |
| 17 | ‘ It 's you , ’ he greeted me without delight and as though he had been expecting someone else . |
| 18 | Even though he had been expecting it — hoping for it , really — he resented the interruption because it broke his chain of concentration . |
| 19 | He sounded as though he 'd been expecting my call . |