Example sentences of "expecting [adj] news " 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 had been expecting this news for some time but it still came as a terrible shock . |
| 3 | We 're expecting good news from the States and there should be a knock-on effect . " |
| 4 | Weekend press comment about the fragility of the recovery meant they were not expecting good news . |
| 5 | It was as if he were always expecting bad news to be relayed to him . |
| 6 | She was expecting bad news ! |
| 7 | Mr Cattell said : ‘ We had been expecting bad news but had no idea where the axe would fall . |