Example sentences of "[was/were] expect a baby " in BNC.

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1 Shanti and Chris discovered in February that they were expecting a baby , There was tremendous excitement and we all began to look forward to this addition to the family .
2 They told me they had a little house not far away from where I lived , and that Dorothy was expecting a baby — twins , the doctor had said .
3 Another lady that I met was suffering from the elephant man 's disease ; her husband had recently died and she was expecting a baby .
4 One was expecting a baby .
5 So she had left her native Ireland with a new , gentle man and she was expecting a baby .
6 After that she went into service and there she stayed until , when she was about twenty-two years of age , her brother came to tell her he was married and to ask her if she would leave her employer and come to look after his wife who was expecting a baby .
7 It was hardly a secret by this time ; even her loose maternity dress could not disguise the fact that she was expecting a baby in six weeks ' time .
8 I was expecting a baby at the time .
9 She was expecting a baby , and we all hoped she would have a son , who would inherit the Linton fortune .
10 I could see that she was expecting a baby .
11 A at what point would you first erm see someone who was expecting a baby ?
12 She had a baby we she was expecting a baby and we called it P J , anyw and she said it was going to be Peter John and th anyway when it arrived it was a Pamela Jane .
13 And now that she was clearly going to have to give up her job — Ross had made it clear that he would n't approve of her returning to work , and especially not when she was expecting a baby — having something to get her teeth into , such as restoring an ancient building , sounded a great idea .
14 ‘ She told me Melanie was expecting a baby soon after Christmas . ’
15 If , in this family the wife was expecting a baby then then it would be a twenty percent deduction .
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