Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] be expecting " in BNC.
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| 1 | On landing there was none of the Spanish bureaucracy we 'd been expecting — you just need your passport number for the fuel bill . |
| 2 | The small government flat I had been expecting turned out instead to be a large if simple village haveli , occupied by Mr Postman 's extended family — his three brothers , their children and Mr Postman 's old mother . |
| 3 | They opened her up , but could see no trace of the ulcer they had been expecting to find . |
| 4 | By now he had had confirmation of the news he had been expecting for some time . |
| 5 | ‘ Are you awake , Jane ? ’ asked the voice I had been expecting . |
| 6 | McKeown is the steward we 've been expecting and the other two will be working on the ship . |
| 7 | It was a letter they had been expecting . |
| 8 | And instead of the anger , retribution she had been expecting , and the stance she had adopted to prevent , he gave an exuberant laugh . |
| 9 | It was death she had been expecting , after all . |