Example sentences of "[adv] expecting a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The custodian of the birds , dozing in the sun and hardly expecting a long-distance message so soon after this morning 's arrival , jerked to his feet and looked up . |
| 2 | In turning the Polish armies back , the Red Army crossed the border and advanced on Warsaw , vainly expecting a Polish rising to support its advance . |
| 3 | Mr Litman refused to discuss details of the money involved but his Russian associates are clearly expecting a considerable boost to their meagre pensions . |
| 4 | His great Council had been held at Michaelmas 1102 ; by April of the following year he was once more abroad expecting a speedy return , but , as we have seen , he did not return until the end of 1106 . |
| 5 | Many players are guilty of having a lesson and almost expecting a magical remedy to their problems . |