Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] expect [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I arrived in Þingeyri I was expecting this , the second-biggest town in the area , to be a place worth seeing . |
| 2 | I , I was expecting some forty year old white , well dressed , you know Conservative |
| 3 | Unless er there was any er you know you , you were expecting any problems . |
| 4 | She was expecting another visit from the police . |
| 5 | You see , she expected so much , always had , and now she was expecting some miracle to come to her through her daughter . |
| 6 | She was expecting some supper . |
| 7 | She was expecting this . ’ |
| 8 | Now several mornings a week when perhaps she should have been concerning herself with the house ( she delegated more and more to the housekeeper , who after all had run everything before she , Lily , had come ) , she would go and sit with Sadie , who was expecting another child at Christmas . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | We were expecting most of the main opposition leaders to have been imprisoned , ’ Mann stated the obvious . |
| 11 | It was expected that input data would be transcribed to the magnetic wire by a process which did not involve the computer , and similarly for output . |
| 12 | The cooperativity between α-truncated polymerases and CRP is lost at the lac promoter , consequently it was expected that binding of CRP at its target in the -60 region would not lead to the occupancy of lac P1 by the mutant enzymes . |
| 13 | It was expected that elimination of the anticipated need to recruit an additional personnel clerk would result in sufficient cost reductions to at least partially cost justify the system . |
| 14 | Although the advantage of real volume planning , an assured outcome , is lost by the new technique , it was expected that cash planning would mean that government expenditure could more easily be related to expected government revenue . |
| 15 | It was expected that measurement of surface heat radiation would provide clues to the planet 's chemical composition and the reasons behind the planet 's " greenhouse effect " . |
| 16 | Also , it was expected that ability would be more lateralised in men than in women . |
| 17 | It was expected that case law would give rise to sufficient precedents to flesh out the relatively few guidelines available under UCTA , but in fact cases have been few and not very helpful . |
| 18 | Melvyn Kelly , prosecuting , said it was expected that committal proceedings would be able to take place in two weeks . |
| 19 | Some people were shocked although it was expected some people are devastated . |
| 20 | His pale , brilliant eyes on her face , as if he was expecting some reaction , he said deliberately , ‘ I own Ca ’ del Leone . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You mean he was expecting another accident ? ’ |