Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weekend press comment about the fragility of the recovery meant they were not expecting good news . |
| 2 | Kintsch and Bates ( 1977 ) tested students on their memory for classroom lectures several days after the lecture , when the students were not expecting such a test . |
| 3 | It was as if he were always expecting bad news to be relayed to him . |
| 4 | ‘ We were n't expecting this but we have been campaigning to get rid of the car tax for 20 years . |
| 5 | ‘ But I can see you were n't expecting this . ’ |
| 6 | Before leaving Britain we 'd learnt that the hike up to Mount Kenya 's ‘ walkers summit ’ , Point Lenana , was not too demanding , and that the climbing route up to the twin summits of Batian and Nelion was graded mainly Diff , with a few patches of Severe , so we were n't expecting any technical problems . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , you were n't to expect that . ’ |
| 8 | I was not expecting any of you . ’ |
| 9 | He was not expecting this display of outright defiance . |
| 10 | Earlier this week the management was confidently expecting firm production orders within a matter of days . |
| 11 | It was also expected that government spending would be cut by 10 per cent , that state companies would be privatized and that sales taxes would be increased . |
| 12 | Maude 's telegram from the Queen was also expected this morning at Trees Park Village , near Middleton St George , where she has lived for the last seven years . |
| 13 | He was n't expecting much to have come in during his absence but if nothing else there should be something from the foreign residents department at the Questura . |
| 14 | He was n't expecting that . |
| 15 | I was n't expecting that . |
| 16 | Oh that 's a bit political Rachael is n't it a bit political I was n't expecting that |
| 17 | I was n't expecting all this . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I was n't expecting any instant miracles , ’ Richard smiled . |
| 19 | There was no answer , but then , she was n't expecting any . |
| 20 | ‘ I was n't expecting this . ’ |
| 21 | I missed the strike two weeks ago and I was n't expecting this . |
| 22 | The stock-taking announcement , which was initially expected last year , has been put back several times . |
| 23 | I was half expecting some serious , mumbling classical music type , but instead I found an intelligent and lively personality whose last opera was a portrait of American comedian Jack Benny . |
| 24 | She reached down and , for a moment , Pete was half expecting some response ; a stag , perhaps , breaking the surface of the lake and climbing out to her , water streaming from its flanks as it came to her hand . |