Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The stock-taking announcement , which was initially expected last year , has been put back several times . |
| 3 | And when you 're least expecting those friends or the hungry grandchildren to call round , the Apex will prove most resourceful . |
| 4 | It was as if he were always expecting bad news to be relayed to him . |
| 5 | Like , if he takes you to some crap trattoria , he 's only expecting half an hour of the missionary position . |
| 6 | 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 . |