Example sentences of "was expect [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By then it was expected a set of scripts for that show would be available in rehearsal form for the Director to peruse , assess and add his contribution . |
| 2 | Naturally he was fed up , he 's only a child and he was expecting a present . |
| 3 | Jenny was expecting a present . |
| 4 | Then she forced a smile , and said , ‘ Of course , Damien : and proffered a cheek , averted as though she was expecting a blow . |
| 5 | She was expecting a bill of no more than £50 for the short job , presenter John Stapleton told viewers . |
| 6 | He did n't act much like a man who was expecting a favour , and if it were n't for Ana he certainly would n't get one . |
| 7 | Ardiles claimed : ‘ Everyone was expecting a shock result here , so it was nice to prove the doubters wrong . ’ |
| 8 | well that 's right , yeah , in fact I said to her I was expecting a phone call the other morning to say that |
| 9 | It was Sunday , she was expecting a detective , the timetable at the cafe was out of date . |
| 10 | But he was expecting a decision now , and with Angel firmly in mind there could only be one answer . |
| 11 | For example , if you arrive in my business dressed as a surgeon , a priest or a barrister when I was expecting a banker then we may have initial problems in communicating . |
| 12 | Carver explained that he was expecting a friend in Australia to wire him $1,500 any day . |
| 13 | ‘ You remember I mentioned I was expecting a friend ? |
| 14 | ‘ I was expecting a relief nurse to arrive , and the doctor who 'd been sent for . |
| 15 | In January 1989 the Secretary of State for Education and Science said that he was expecting a doubling of student numbers during the next twenty-five years . |
| 16 | Lindner thought he was on his way to Headingley on a similar deal and was expecting a contract to be faxed to him yesterday . |
| 17 | I was expecting a chance to get my papers organized . |
| 18 | He was expecting a visit from the young woman he had been wooing assiduously and he had carefully orchestrated the evening so that all his housemates were out and he had the house to himself . |
| 19 | Sybil also heard Angy giving Delia her address so it 's reasonable to assume that she was expecting a visit from her some time . |
| 20 | Informix was expecting a $22m cheque last week for its share of the 60,000-user US Army RCAS contract which is worth $1.6bn overall : it received an initial $5m payment back in January . |
| 21 | ‘ I was expecting a visitor . ’ |
| 22 | As Brassard was leaving , he warned the security man at the front entrance that Celia was expecting a visitor . |
| 23 | No one was expecting a gloat , although a spot of bragging might be in order . |
| 24 | Just as everyone was expecting a draw , however , Yusupov made a an unexpected sacrifice of a bishop . |
| 25 | They told me they had a little house not far away from where I lived , and that Dorothy was expecting a baby — twins , the doctor had said . |
| 26 | Another lady that I met was suffering from the elephant man 's disease ; her husband had recently died and she was expecting a baby . |
| 27 | One was expecting a baby . |
| 28 | So she had left her native Ireland with a new , gentle man and she was expecting a baby . |
| 29 | After that she went into service and there she stayed until , when she was about twenty-two years of age , her brother came to tell her he was married and to ask her if she would leave her employer and come to look after his wife who was expecting a baby . |
| 30 | It was hardly a secret by this time ; even her loose maternity dress could not disguise the fact that she was expecting a baby in six weeks ' time . |