Example sentences of "[was/were] expect [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | His pale , brilliant eyes on her face , as if he was expecting some reaction , he said deliberately , ‘ I own Ca ’ del Leone . ’ |
| 32 | ‘ Kuwait was trying to reassert its pre-Gulf war position and Saudi Arabia was expecting some sort of show of compromise , ’ one analyst said . |
| 33 | She was expecting some supper . |
| 34 | You see , she expected so much , always had , and now she was expecting some miracle to come to her through her daughter . |