Example sentences of "[pers pn] be expecting [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 'm expecting great things of you , too . " |
| 2 | I 'm expecting another call from our informant . |
| 3 | Again I was expecting military style spick and span . |
| 4 | 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 ! |
| 5 | Unless er there was any er you know you , you were expecting any problems . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 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 | She was expecting bad news ! |
| 11 | We are expecting 120 kids — Praise God ! ! |
| 12 | ‘ I was n't in Belfast for the second leg but from what I saw on television they gave Tbilisi a lot of problems and that 's what we are expecting next week . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've had three months of investigation and it 's important that we now look forward to next year 's National when we are expecting large crowds . ’ |
| 14 | We 're expecting good news from the States and there should be a knock-on effect . " |
| 15 | We 're expecting some students to get merit . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ Maybe they 're expecting another explosion ? ’ |
| 19 | A trip to London was planned and they were expecting two visits — one from an elderly relative who 'd been in touch after receiving a holiday postcard and another from two people who used to live in the flat upstairs and had telephoned asking if they could call by . |
| 20 | In the meantime , he has given the socialists a much-needed shot in the arm which might just save them from the total disaster they were expecting next month . |
| 21 | In the meantime , he has given the Socialists a much-needed shot in the arm which might just save them from the total disaster they were expecting next month . |
| 22 | and he 's expecting some people to come round for his Legos . |
| 23 | College Principal Clive Brain says there 's a growing demand for technological education and he 's expecting large numbers of applicants . |
| 24 | The company said last October that it was expecting 20,000 subscribers by year-end , but at the start of March it had signed just 8,500 to the service . |
| 25 | His pale , brilliant eyes on her face , as if he was expecting some reaction , he said deliberately , ‘ I own Ca ’ del Leone . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You mean he was expecting another accident ? ’ |