Example sentences of "be expecting the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the interviewer remains silent then look at her or him as if you are expecting the next move to come from their side . |
| 2 | It contains an inherent fallacy : you are expecting the silent majority to speak . |
| 3 | Diana , who had been expecting the two boys to join her at Althorp in Northamptonshire today , phoned them briefly yesterday morning . |
| 4 | If Patrick had been expecting the small man to head up Grafton Street , then he was disappointed ; the guide continued on past the bottom of the crowded street , passing Yeates & Son , the opticians with the giant spectacle frame hanging outside the shop , heading into Nassau Street and then he turned right into Dawson Street . |
| 5 | We were expecting the American model to arrive in Europe with pleasurable anticipation , accepting its inevitability . |
| 6 | They were expecting the finer points of drama and theatre management … instead they were introduced to the skills of the big top . |
| 7 | For example , if the current one-year rate is rs 1 = 6.5 per cent and the market is expecting the one-year rate in a year 's time to be = 7.5 per cent , then the market is expecting a 100 investment in two one-year bonds to yield 100 ( 1.065 ) ( 1.075 ) = 114.49 after two years . |
| 8 | James Brown when receiving our first album ‘ Box Frenzy ’ — ‘ I was expecting the first Clash album and got the third Sham 69 album ’ — which we thought was a bit of a compliment . |