Example sentences of "expecting [to-vb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Now that I had left the college dormitory I used to look fearfully from rime to time out of my window , expecting to see that gang of fascist students coming to beat me up .
2 ‘ What in God 's name made those noises ? ’ blurted Edgar , looking around , as if expecting to see some scene of carnage .
3 I stared into the mirror , expecting to see huge marks like red flowers blazing on my mouth where I had been kissed , but I looked just the same as I always did .
4 What one hears said by others does not always match up with our own experience , and we can no longer look round expecting to find clear-cut models of behaviour .
5 Site services manager Jilly Cailes thanked those who turned up expecting to fill 1,000 balloons with helium , including students from Sudbury Upper School and representatives from the town 's Volunteer Centre .
6 One in four firms expecting to shed more jobs by March
7 Indeed , Inmos has already shipped 1m Transputers and is expecting to double this number over the next year .
8 Indeed , Inmos has already shipped 1m Transputers and is expecting to double this number over the next year .
9 Two new stores have opened already and we are expecting to achieve stronger results in all area .
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