Example sentences of "[was/were] expect [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Unless er there was any er you know you , you were expecting any problems .
2 ‘ Until last October authorities were expecting this money to be ringfenced so did not consider this client group when they were consulting and drawing up their assessment models , ’ he said .
3 ‘ 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 .
4 Evidently the employers were expecting some hostility , as the reminiscences of one elderly compositor suggest : " back in the 70s …
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 Also , it was expected that ability would be more lateralised in men than in women .
8 The Bank of England had at once consulted the New York banking house of J. P. Morgan , and an answer was expected that Sunday evening .
9 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 .
10 Melvyn Kelly , prosecuting , said it was expected that committal proceedings would be able to take place in two weeks .
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 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 " .
13 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 .
14 The bid was expected this week or next , with finance arranged through Manufacturers Hanover and Charterhouse , which acted for the brothers in the past .
15 Some people were shocked although it was expected some people are devastated .
16 The situation was complicated by the fact that a further United Kingdom election was expected some time during the autumn .
17 An official bulletin was expected some time after the consultation .
18 The big fish and their consignment was expected any day .
19 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 .
20 She was expecting another visit from the police .
21 ‘ You mean he was expecting another accident ? ’
22 His pale , brilliant eyes on her face , as if he was expecting some reaction , he said deliberately , ‘ I own Ca ’ del Leone . ’
23 ‘ Kuwait was trying to reassert its pre-Gulf war position and Saudi Arabia was expecting some sort of show of compromise , ’ one analyst said .
24 She was expecting some supper .
25 You see , she expected so much , always had , and now she was expecting some miracle to come to her through her daughter .
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