Example sentences of "was [adv] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was not expecting any of you . ’ |
| 2 | He was not expecting this display of outright defiance . |
| 3 | Earlier this week the management was confidently expecting firm production orders within a matter of days . |
| 4 | It was also expected that government spending would be cut by 10 per cent , that state companies would be privatized and that sales taxes would be increased . |
| 5 | Maude 's telegram from the Queen was also expected this morning at Trees Park Village , near Middleton St George , where she has lived for the last seven years . |
| 6 | He was n't expecting much to have come in during his absence but if nothing else there should be something from the foreign residents department at the Questura . |
| 7 | He was n't expecting that . |
| 8 | I was n't expecting that . |
| 9 | Oh that 's a bit political Rachael is n't it a bit political I was n't expecting that |
| 10 | I was n't expecting all this . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I was n't expecting any instant miracles , ’ Richard smiled . |
| 12 | There was no answer , but then , she was n't expecting any . |
| 13 | ‘ I was n't expecting this . ’ |
| 14 | I missed the strike two weeks ago and I was n't expecting this . |
| 15 | The stock-taking announcement , which was initially expected last year , has been put back several times . |
| 16 | I was half expecting some serious , mumbling classical music type , but instead I found an intelligent and lively personality whose last opera was a portrait of American comedian Jack Benny . |
| 17 | She reached down and , for a moment , Pete was half expecting some response ; a stag , perhaps , breaking the surface of the lake and climbing out to her , water streaming from its flanks as it came to her hand . |