Example sentences of "be expect [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And you 're expecting dad to spend that as well ?
2 When you 're expecting jam and it turns out to be marmalade it 's quite a shock .
3 If you 're expecting trouble it 's worth consulting your doctor early as some treatments work best if started in advance .
4 ‘ We are expecting 30- plus cars from across the water , including a couple of Aston Martin Ulsters and a Ford TT Special . ’
5 Since unemployed workers are expecting zero price inflation , they perceive the rise in money wages ( 4 per cent in Fig. 6.4 ) as a rise in real wages and some of them accept job offers which they might otherwise have refused .
6 Had she been expecting Naylor to be stuck for words or , now that the moment of carrying out the plan he had put to her had arrived , ducking it , then she was disappointed on both counts .
7 Somehow she 'd been expecting resistance , something she had frequently encountered with Graham Rowell whenever she had attempted anything new , and it came as a shock to find that she and David Markham were on the same wavelength .
8 You must have been expecting trouble . ’
9 As he no longer wrote to relatives or old war comrades , he explained stiffly , ‘ I 'm expecting word from my daughter in London .
10 you wan na see this one with location ski jacket on , I 'm expecting snow any minute
11 I looked like a rag doll , and they were expecting princess Voluptua .
12 I wore my trusty Scarpa Trionic Mantas ( £106 ) for the whole trek , as we were expecting snow and would therefore need the compatible Yeti Gaiters that help make the boots virtually waterproof .
13 52% said they were expecting partner remuneration to fall in absolute terms over the next year .
14 I think they were expecting roller skates and waterfalls . ’
15 They were expecting Club 18–30 , but she would be long gone before that intrusion .
16 He 's expecting interest from all over Britain and abroad in the sale .
17 Greece and Spain expect emissions to rise by at least 25 per cent and Portugal is expecting rise of between 29-39 per cent , depending on economic growth .
18 He is expecting City to come back with a bigger offer .
19 The futures market is expecting sterling to depreciate by 4 per cent against the dollar over the year .
20 ‘ After all , at the moment , the Government is expecting unemployment to stay at around 3 million until 1996 and beyond .
21 If De Gaulle was expecting help from the others , he was deceived .
22 The neck is made from maple , which was a surprise , because I was expecting mahogany .
23 With the depressed economy and appalling trade figures ( improved a little , one hopes , by a healthy Christmas ) , I was expecting doom and gloom as I did my recent rounds of the publishing houses .
24 I was expecting death in a uniform , but it was just Frank McHugh , a beef-faced truck driver in a cloth cap .
25 Almost 30% of the province 's polling stations were closed for security reasons and the UN was expecting trouble .
26 That meant he was expecting trouble .
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