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 . |