Example sentences of "expecting [adj] [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see , she expected so much , always had , and now she was expecting some miracle to come to her through her daughter . |
| 2 | Jim Eastlake , an analyst at Dataquest , reckons that most chip consumers were ( sensibly ) expecting memory-chip prices to fall by 5–10% in the first three months of 1991 . |
| 3 | The market is now expecting pre-tax profits to emerge at about £70m this year , a far cry from the £138m taxable profits reported in 1988 . |
| 4 | Liz , a busy working mother of three , is pictured with promotions executive , Elizabeth Ollier , who is expecting many friends to join in the family celebrations . |
| 5 | However they also felt that they had been expecting most children to write in sentences at too early an age . |