Example sentences of "[pron] [am/are] expect [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I am expecting a visitor , Alexandra . |
2 | sixty percent , I 'm expecting a bailiff at my door any day |
3 | Turn it down a bit I 'm expecting a phone call in a minute , but I think I 'll have one . |
4 | I 'm expecting a couple of overseas phone calls at the house . ’ |
5 | ‘ I 'm expecting a friend … ’ |
6 | Shit , I 'm expecting a letter . |
7 | ‘ I 'm expecting a baby , ’ she said . |
8 | I 'm expecting a baby , ’ she replied . |
9 | I 'm expecting a baby . ’ |
10 | Oh I have n't er I suppose I 'm expecting the State to support me . |
11 | I 'm expecting the boys for dinner tomorrow and looking forward to it . |
12 | BP has produced a guide entitled Parents and babies , which informs employees who are expecting a child of their rights and aims to make returning to work a much easier experience . |
13 | Do you think , Sarah , this might mean you are expecting a child ? ’ |
14 | you 're expecting a baby and were pregnant when the dentist accepted you for treatment or |
15 | However , now that I know you 're expecting a baby , I think we 've got some planning to do . |
16 | The bakery , and you 're expecting a delivery , especially like on produce , and then you have to go off , or something like that , get people stacking right up . |
17 | ‘ Congratulations — Alan tells us you 're expecting an addition to the tribe . ’ |
18 | Spokesman Tim Naylor said : ‘ We are expecting a lot of interest in the car . |
19 | We are expecting the locals from Backnong back to Chelmsford in the middle of November . |
20 | Oh sorry erm we are expect the business this year to break even it broke even last year , erm and the reason for that is that we have expanded business very rapidly , last year we had only thirty five stores this year we 'll have fifty and we will probably have a similar sort of expansion programme for next year . |
21 | Ha , we 're expecting a cup of tea . |
22 | She advises her clients to involve the users in producing a list of the problems they are expecting an accounting system to solve , in addition to drawing up the more traditional features ‘ hit-list ’ . |
23 | Plum growers say they 're expecting a bumper harvest this year . |
24 | As most mass-makers only seem capable of putting out variations on Fender and Ibanez neck and body shapes , and reproducing whatever colour 's ‘ hot ’ this season , they 're expecting a lot if they think we 're going to go that crazy about them . |