Example sentences of "[pron] 's expecting " in BNC.

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1 You know , nobody 's expecting three or four sides , right , you 've got quarter of an hour , not erm , you know , if , if you can write a side a half you , you 'll be doing much better than most people , alright , so you 're just thinking about a side really , depending on how big your handwriting is .
2 Nobody 's expecting a big queue of potential purchasers
3 It 's usually rock salmon , you know , but I think she 's expecting again and whiting must lie less heavily on the stomach , I feel sure . ’
4 THE wife of record-breaking bankrupt Kevin Maxwell proudly announced a nice little dividend for the troubled tycoon yesterday — she 's expecting their fifth child .
5 Every day it was : ‘ If she 's expecting I 'll rescue her off the streets … ’
6 She 's expecting me .
7 Er she has bought her own surgery in er Smethwick , but she comes from er , sh she 's married , she 's got one son and she 's expecting another baby any day now .
8 She 's expecting you .
9 We ca n't hurt her — humiliate her like this when she 's expecting to marry him in just a few weeks , even if it has been arranged for family reasons , and not for love .
10 She 's expecting a moonlight tryst ? ’
11 Mrs Putt might want a stall cleared out and fresh straw put in for some company she 's expecting , or she 'll want me to hitch up a carriage so she can go visiting .
12 It 's only a minor op , after all , and snipping off a polyp , so I do n't think I shall bother to go up tonight — we 're far too busy here , and anyway , my father will be there , and I do n't really think she 's expecting me , so I 'll wait until tomorrow — ’
13 She 's expecting her second child in three weeks and is determined this time to have the baby at home .
14 ‘ The mother has been rather tearful — understandably so , because she 's worried about her husband , and concerned because she 's expecting a baby .
15 I erm got , check you 've got two days , you 've got give me the estimate , it 's got to be on because she 's expecting it to be done straight away on the computer and sent .
16 well she 's expecting in August
17 Well she 's expecting is n't she ?
18 Well she said herself she 's expecting a lad though is n't she ?
19 ‘ You must n't be in contact with anyone who 's expecting a baby .
20 Mrs Bolger who 's expecting a baby next month has not been in court but her husband Ralph sat through the first two days .
21 but he , no one 's expecting him and .
22 ‘ But my dad — he 's expecting me .
23 His assistant Julian immediately offers me coffee , and explains in apologetic tones that Tony has been called out — ‘ but you 're down for 11.30 ’ — and that he 's expecting him back any moment .
24 I think he 's expecting a glorified vacation with a lot of scuba diving and board-sailing , but he does understand that a cruise-cure means giving up drugs .
25 Board the train there , he 's expecting you . ’
26 ROS : He 's expecting us ?
27 Anyhow , there 's the witch outside your guy 's door and he tells her to bug off , she ca n't come in , he 's expecting someone and she says , oh please , baby , sweetie , honey pie , ca n't I have just a teensy weensy little coffee after I 've come all this way to see you , and he says — because he 's a proper English gentleman , right ? ’
28 ‘ As a matter of fact , he 's expecting me .
29 He 's expecting you .
30 I sha n't be in today as it 's Monday , but I 've given your name to Bill , the head librarian , and he 's expecting you .
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