Example sentences of "be expect [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 're expecting results , though , and I have n't done a thing yet . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We are expecting doctors to review the situation at some stage today . ’ |
| 3 | If you are expecting jokes , they are seldom as good in fact as in prospect . |
| 4 | ‘ We are expecting things to pick up generally , ’ he says . |
| 5 | We are expecting exports to rise by 6 per cent . |
| 6 | Observers are expecting multi-processors beyond the current 4-processor models , but whether these will be 88100 or 88110 machines is currently unclear . |
| 7 | Ultrasound scans may be used to give an internal picture , which can help in finding out whether you are expecting twins , whether your baby 's size ties in with your dates , and the position of the placenta in case it is low-lying in late pregnancy — covering the cervix and blocking the baby 's exit ( placenta praevia ) . |
| 8 | She had been expecting changes and had steeled herself not to resent them . |
| 9 | It was as if I had been expecting visitors . |
| 10 | Frying-pan in hand , she is saying she has nothing for us , she had n't been expecting customers ; at this time of year there are visitors only at weekends . |
| 11 | From Jeff 's description , she 'd been expecting horns and cloven hoofs ! |
| 12 | First , the interviewer will be expecting questions related to the company and what the job involves . |
| 13 | The bell rang before she could open it and Jenna stood just inside the sitting-room in her long housecoat , wondering who on earth it could be ; the post had arrived over an hour ago and she did n't know enough people to be expecting visitors . |
| 14 | But over and above that , you ca n't be expecting nurses to , presuming you 'd get more , to take over home care duties . |
| 15 | ‘ I wonder if we should take out an insurance policy , just in case I might be expecting twins … ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm expecting visitors later this evening , ’ Talbot said . |
| 17 | ‘ Well not then no just to warn him I 'm expecting guests … |
| 18 | With Amstrad shares edging ahead to 29p , just 1p below the offer price , analysts were expecting shareholders to hold out for a better offer . |
| 19 | One BBC insider said they were expecting complaints from Mr Major about coverage of his early speeches , when his attempts to focus on constitutional issues went largely unreported . |
| 20 | I though we were expecting visitors today . " |
| 21 | True there 'd been found in Alicia 's desk , but everyone thought that was just an accident , now they began to wonder if someone had put them there , not Alicia , Lizzie would n't do a thing like that , but somebody , it was getting near half term and new the girls were excited because some of them were expecting visits from there parents . |
| 22 | Catherine and Hindley were expecting presents , and they rushed eagerly to see what it was . |
| 23 | There are also concerns about how realistic it is to expect directors , let alone auditors , to confirm for one year ahead of the date the accounts are approved that their company will be a going concern . |
| 24 | ‘ Till slow she sunk in Death 's expecting arms ; |
| 25 | The group is expecting customers to be banks , processors and others linked to farming as well as ‘ agro-industrial multinationals ’ , co-operatives and commodity boards . |
| 26 | Psychogenic reactions to food are important in the diagnosis of food allergy and intolerance , because a challenge with any food may produce symptoms if the patient is expecting symptoms . |
| 27 | Word from the pit crews of Race 7 Strega and Race 77 Rare Bear was to expect speeds in the 490s if both racers ' engines held together . |
| 28 | Well , I I was fairly new in the company myself so I had n't worked for his father for long before took over the managership or chairmanship or whatever he is , so I I 'm really not too sure about the whole thing but certainly for a quarry manager or quarry director or owner , he did n't really know the slate as well as the workers , and he was expecting things out of his workers and the slate , the product , that were really just not on . |
| 29 | Again , when I spoke to you during the interims , I was expecting redundancies during the year of , of er , about a thousand . |
| 30 | The Palace Hotel was run by a trio of brothers : a burly one-eyed masseur , a half-witted fellow with a pointed head , and a hugely obese young man who joked from his chair in the lobby , from which he rarely stirred , that he was expecting twins . |