Example sentences of "'d been expecting " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'd been expecting this news for so long that we were scarcely able to take it in , in fact we were fairly incredulous . |
| 2 | I 'd been expecting her to put up a stiff rearguard action , protesting that holidays were one thing and everyday life another , that she had only surrendered to me in a moment of weakness which she would regret for the rest of her life , and so on and so forth . |
| 3 | On landing there was none of the Spanish bureaucracy we 'd been expecting — you just need your passport number for the fuel bill . |
| 4 | I 'd been expecting a great hall with a giant round table , towering turrets , a moat and a drawbridge , but , of course , it turned out to be a ruin . |
| 5 | It was three times what she 'd been expecting . |
| 6 | He 'd been expecting something like Abbotsfield or the decaying Georgian splendours of St Clement 's Vicarage in Church Row . |
| 7 | Was it Pie'oh'pah he 'd been expecting ? |
| 8 | They were soon strolling with me round the house as if they 'd been expecting me for weeks . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd been expecting for ages to hear you two were getting engaged . |
| 10 | She nodded , as if this was what she 'd been expecting , and then she took what was probably her first real look at her surroundings . |
| 11 | I think I 'd been expecting something good when I reach the village — a bed for the night , perhaps — but the place was deserted . |
| 12 | And then I thought maybe I 'd been expecting too much . |
| 13 | He nodded , as if this was what he 'd been expecting . |
| 14 | She 'd been easy to surprise ; she 'd been expecting someone else . |
| 15 | But then he frowned , because the key that he 'd been expecting did n't appear anywhere in the picture — |
| 16 | And the lock did n't turn as he 'd been expecting it to — |
| 17 | I do n't know what I 'd been expecting . |
| 18 | He sounded as though he 'd been expecting my call . |
| 19 | Until then he 'd been expecting Blagg , and he might know exactly what he 'd left . ’ |
| 20 | Because he 'd been expecting someone else ? |
| 21 | He 'd been expecting something like this since Isabel had killed the soldier . |
| 22 | He 'd been expecting tight security at the entrance , but in the event the gates were open and unmanned , and a passing employee directed him along a concrete road leading to the garage where a man in blue overalls was washing one of the Fiat saloons . |
| 23 | From Jeff 's description , she 'd been expecting horns and cloven hoofs ! |
| 24 | Somehow she 'd been expecting resistance , something she had frequently encountered with Graham Rowell whenever she had attempted anything new , and it came as a shock to find that she and David Markham were on the same wavelength . |
| 25 | He 'd been expecting her . |
| 26 | Back on his farm a few miles from a crash site , Mr Hayton said he 'd been expecting a longer sentence . |