Example sentences of "[pron] [be] expect [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I might have done , only I 'm expecting my brother to pin me , I do n't quite know when . |
| 2 | I was expecting his camels to follow him and understood that he would not come further before they were in view . |
| 3 | when I was expecting our John |
| 4 | Some 100,000 businesses , mainly in the North and the Midlands , which were expecting their rate bills to fall by at least 50 per cent , will see no significant change , said Mr Banham . |
| 5 | ‘ She was expecting our baby . |
| 6 | And so on for several more lines , and all to say he meant to finish with Claire , even though she was expecting his child . |
| 7 | Clearly , if we are expecting our advertising to work in a particular way , against a particular sub-group of consumers , we should do our research in such a way that it will show up this sort of effect . |