Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do n't see many like that , I 'm not expecting that again . |
| 2 | I 'm not expecting any deliveries . ’ |
| 3 | I was not expecting any of you . ’ |
| 4 | I was n't expecting that . |
| 5 | Oh that 's a bit political Rachael is n't it a bit political I was n't expecting that |
| 6 | I was n't expecting all this . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I was n't expecting this . ’ |
| 8 | I missed the strike two weeks ago and I was n't expecting this . |
| 9 | ‘ I was n't expecting any instant miracles , ’ Richard smiled . |
| 10 | I was half expecting some serious , mumbling classical music type , but instead I found an intelligent and lively personality whose last opera was a portrait of American comedian Jack Benny . |
| 11 | The stock-taking announcement , which was initially expected last year , has been put back several times . |
| 12 | And when you 're least expecting those friends or the hungry grandchildren to call round , the Apex will prove most resourceful . |
| 13 | ‘ But I can see you were n't expecting this . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Well , you were n't to expect that . ’ |
| 15 | There was no answer , but then , she was n't expecting any . |
| 16 | Thus the Welsh Office says : ‘ Hospitals have the option to seek self-governing status , but we are not expecting many applications . ’ |
| 17 | Bernard Moing , Univel 's regional marketing manager for Europe says , ‘ we 're not expecting any returns on UnixWare until the first quarter of 1993 , and then the take up will be limited for a further period . ’ |
| 18 | Before leaving Britain we 'd learnt that the hike up to Mount Kenya 's ‘ walkers summit ’ , Point Lenana , was not too demanding , and that the climbing route up to the twin summits of Batian and Nelion was graded mainly Diff , with a few patches of Severe , so we were n't expecting any technical problems . |
| 19 | ‘ We were n't expecting this but we have been campaigning to get rid of the car tax for 20 years . |
| 20 | They are not expecting special dispensation and that is why so many of the Lourdes pilgrimages are undertaken by genuine pilgrims who may not be able to throw away their crutches at the end but will find new strength from their visit . |
| 21 | Weekend press comment about the fragility of the recovery meant they were not expecting good news . |
| 22 | It was as if he were always expecting bad news to be relayed to him . |
| 23 | Like , if he takes you to some crap trattoria , he 's only expecting half an hour of the missionary position . |
| 24 | It was also expected that government spending would be cut by 10 per cent , that state companies would be privatized and that sales taxes would be increased . |
| 25 | He was n't expecting much to have come in during his absence but if nothing else there should be something from the foreign residents department at the Questura . |
| 26 | He was n't expecting that . |
| 27 | He was not expecting this display of outright defiance . |