Example sentences of "[pers pn] had be expecting [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then suddenly I had a phone call , which really was out of the blue because if anything I had been expecting a letter . |
| 2 | She had been expecting a lift which failed to materialise , defending solicitor Mark Blundell told the court . |
| 3 | She had been expecting a small , dusty room filled with paintings draped in cloths that were thick with dust , where air would have a musty scent of old canvas and decay . |
| 4 | She had been expecting a visit from Rick Lawrence ; if Lou 's predictions were correct she would have changed from her working clothes into something more alluring and put on fresh make-up and perfume to receive him . |
| 5 | If she had been expecting an immediate outcry , she was sadly disappointed , but she was a determined young woman . |
| 6 | She had been expecting the news , because of her privileged position in the ‘ Petticoat Mafia ’ but it none-the-less visibly upset her . |
| 7 | She had been expecting the pool to be almost empty at that time of day and was surprised to see that there were about a dozen or so people in the water . |
| 8 | We had been expecting a much harder game but the Welsh were never in it , thanks to our forwards ’ control . ’ |
| 9 | As recently as September 1990 it had been expecting a 2.4 per cent growth for 1991 . |
| 10 | He had been expecting a great difference , but not the extent of the hostility that had greeted him and the reality of a giant Worm wielding enormous electrical energy . |
| 11 | Lorton had known who they were as soon as he 'd seen them ; he had been expecting the police , though not quite as soon as this , and in any case salesmen rarely travelled in pairs . |