Example sentences of "[pron] [be] 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 | Says Catherine ‘ My flatmates and I were expecting the return of our £780 deposit when we were told the agency had gone bankrupt . |
| 13 | I was expecting a chance to get my papers organized . |
| 14 | ‘ I was expecting a relief nurse to arrive , and the doctor who 'd been sent for . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | well that 's right , yeah , in fact I said to her I was expecting a phone call the other morning to say that |
| 17 | ‘ You remember I mentioned I was expecting a friend ? |
| 18 | ‘ I was expecting a visitor . ’ |
| 19 | I was expecting a baby at the time . |
| 20 | I was n't expecting a miraculous transformation , you see , I was expecting the Belinda I 've come to know and love . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Do you think , Sarah , this might mean you are expecting a child ? ’ |
| 24 | you 're expecting a baby and were pregnant when the dentist accepted you for treatment or |
| 25 | However , now that I know you 're expecting a baby , I think we 've got some planning to do . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ Congratulations — Alan tells us you 're expecting an addition to the tribe . ’ |
| 28 | 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 ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You were expecting the Isley Brothers ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ The mother has been rather tearful — understandably so , because she 's worried about her husband , and concerned because she 's expecting a baby . |