Example sentences of "[be] expect an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Even though we are expecting an inflationary increase of 1.9 per cent , our costs have gone up by between 6 per cent and 7 percent . |
| 2 | Many forecasters are expecting an anaemic recovery in the second half . |
| 3 | If she had been expecting an immediate outcry , she was sadly disappointed , but she was a determined young woman . |
| 4 | ‘ Shearer is only 21 and Blackburn might not be one of the glamour clubs , but they will be expecting an awful lot from him . ’ |
| 5 | THE big boys were expecting an easy day on Sunday . |
| 6 | Many people there were expecting an Israeli attack on Jordan , the aims of which would be to force the Palestinians of the Occupied lands to remain in Jordan , and , in accordance with Israel 's notorious ‘ transfer plan ’ , accommodate the expected arrival in Israel of millions of immigrants from the Soviet Union . |