Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] expect [art] [noun] " 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 | I was expecting a chance to get my papers organized . |
| 3 | ‘ I was expecting a relief nurse to arrive , and the doctor who 'd been sent for . |
| 4 | For example , if you arrive in my business dressed as a surgeon , a priest or a barrister when I was expecting a banker then we may have initial problems in communicating . |
| 5 | well that 's right , yeah , in fact I said to her I was expecting a phone call the other morning to say that |
| 6 | ‘ You remember I mentioned I was expecting a friend ? |
| 7 | ‘ I was expecting a visitor . ’ |
| 8 | I was expecting a baby at the time . |
| 9 | I was n't expecting a miraculous transformation , you see , I was expecting the Belinda I 've come to know and love . ’ |
| 10 | I was expecting the lads soon , anyway , as they were coming to pick me up if I had not arrived by lunch-time and it was noon already . |
| 11 | 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 ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You were expecting the Isley Brothers ? ’ |
| 13 | It was Sunday , she was expecting a detective , the timetable at the cafe was out of date . |
| 14 | She was expecting a bill of no more than £50 for the short job , presenter John Stapleton told viewers . |
| 15 | Then she forced a smile , and said , ‘ Of course , Damien : and proffered a cheek , averted as though she was expecting a blow . |
| 16 | Sybil also heard Angy giving Delia her address so it 's reasonable to assume that she was expecting a visit from her some time . |
| 17 | Another lady that I met was suffering from the elephant man 's disease ; her husband had recently died and she was expecting a baby . |
| 18 | So she had left her native Ireland with a new , gentle man and she was expecting a baby . |
| 19 | It was hardly a secret by this time ; even her loose maternity dress could not disguise the fact that she was expecting a baby in six weeks ' time . |
| 20 | She was expecting a baby , and we all hoped she would have a son , who would inherit the Linton fortune . |
| 21 | I could see that she was expecting a baby . |
| 22 | She had a baby we she was expecting a baby and we called it P J , anyw and she said it was going to be Peter John and th anyway when it arrived it was a Pamela Jane . |
| 23 | And now that she was clearly going to have to give up her job — Ross had made it clear that he would n't approve of her returning to work , and especially not when she was expecting a baby — having something to get her teeth into , such as restoring an ancient building , sounded a great idea . |
| 24 | For somewhat different reasons in each case , there is not entailment between I chose the first rose on the list and I chose the first flower on the list , nor between Mary was disappointed to receive a rose and Mary was disappointed to receive a flower ( perhaps she was expecting an orchid ? ) . |
| 25 | It was worse , far worse this time , because she was expecting the pain , the discomfort , the sharp jabbing of the stones . |
| 26 | This might lead her to change her expectation of the average level of prices ; after all , if she is rational she must know that unpredictable movements in aggregate demand can occur and that one symptom of them is that the price in her island is higher than she was expecting the average to be . |
| 27 | He did n't act much like a man who was expecting a favour , and if it were n't for Ana he certainly would n't get one . |
| 28 | After that she went into service and there she stayed until , when she was about twenty-two years of age , her brother came to tell her he was married and to ask her if she would leave her employer and come to look after his wife who was expecting a baby . |
| 29 | A at what point would you first erm see someone who was expecting a baby ? |
| 30 | We were expecting a man , do n't forget . |