Example sentences of "[pers pn] were expecting " in BNC.
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| 1 | Says Catherine ‘ My flatmates and I were expecting the return of our £780 deposit when we were told the agency had gone bankrupt . |
| 2 | If you were expecting to find a neck something akin to a telegraph pole with one side levelled off , you 'd be pleasantly surprised — this is an extremely comfortable and well-shaped laminate of mainly flamed maple . |
| 3 | If something unexpected happens during an inner journey — perhaps one of your guides will appear when you were expecting your inner child , or you find yourself in a cave rather than on a riverbank — go with your own experience . |
| 4 | If you were expecting the graceful and chaste fluidity of Swan Lake , you would surely have got the right gunk . |
| 5 | Even if they are what you think they are , rival agents , how could they have known you were expecting a letter , and how could they have known you were expecting it on that particular night ? ’ |
| 6 | Even if they are what you think they are , rival agents , how could they have known you were expecting a letter , and how could they have known you were expecting it on that particular night ? ’ |
| 7 | Sunwatchers : if you were expecting Texas Instruments to formally announce the Viking chip before Sun trots out its Viking boxes May 19 , take heart . |
| 8 | Problem 4 You may , even at first reading , have an uneasy feeling that the proof of ( b ) was not quite what you were expecting and that a more direct proof should be available . |
| 9 | ‘ You were expecting to see us , were n't you ? |
| 10 | Although bureau primarily exist to simply output your files direct to bromide or film most of them will make sure that the output is what you were expecting before they send it back . |
| 11 | ‘ You were expecting the Isley Brothers ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You were expecting me ? ’ she said . |
| 13 | Unless er there was any er you know you , you were expecting any problems . |
| 14 | No doubt you were expecting to hear from me , and no doubt you are aware of what it is I want to talk about ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Because I told her we were lovers and you were expecting me , and you have too much compassion in your make-up to get the girl reprimanded when she believed she was acting in your best interests , min søde Gina . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You were expecting them ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You were expecting someone else ? ’ |
| 18 | Well welcome everybody and welcome to some Pearson results that er ar maybe rather better than some of you were expecting . |
| 19 | and she said well I 'll be able to tell you how many enquiries we 've had and so you know , you were expecting something you know |
| 20 | I thought you were expecting to — ’ |
| 21 | Was n't what you were expecting was it ? |
| 22 | So so that 's thr that 's almost three times what you were expecting ? |
| 23 | The only problem was the London Paddington to Liverpool train did n't run from the expected start station , it started from Reading instead of from Paddington , so if you were expecting somebody on that train , well they may not have , may not have been on that one if they er were actually starting from Paddington , otherwise no problems on the buses . |
| 24 | Mr Bert Havill , an electrician and the club 's international chairman who had arranged the visit through the Russian embassy in London , said : ‘ Quite frankly , they were just not what we were expecting . |
| 25 | ‘ We were expecting the go-ahead , ’ says the BBC , ‘ but suddenly they all said no , without a reason . ’ |
| 26 | We were expecting you down at the Man in the Moon . |
| 27 | My husband Peter and I started our collection when we were expecting our first child in 1945 . |
| 28 | She said : ‘ Leo went to answer it because we were expecting a constituency worker with some papers . |
| 29 | ‘ We do have a spyhole in the door but because we were expecting someone we did not use it . |
| 30 | ‘ The 5% increase in house prices which we were expecting this year would have solved most of our problems , including the brunt of the arrears and repossessions , ’ it says . |