Example sentences of "be expect [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says the men at the base enjoy it and they 're expecting forty to fifty thousand visitors . |
| 2 | We are expecting 120 kids — Praise God ! ! |
| 3 | The organisers are expecting 40,000 young people to visit it during its four-day run . |
| 4 | If you are expecting thousands of entries the format will need to be such that it is easy to eliminate incorrect entries . |
| 5 | Until now , the organisers had been expecting 15,000 participants ( 10,000 competitors and 5,000 officials ) , and the Olympic village was constructed with this in mind . |
| 6 | The detective would n't be expecting two of them and , when Dana had been appearing as a model in London , Claudia would have been in Solihull . |
| 7 | • With Valentine 's day so near to the closing date , we were expecting hundreds of soppy cards , bouquets of flowers , bottles of champagne and heart-shaped chocolates to come flooding into the office — there must have been a postal strike . |
| 8 | The implication that ‘ easy money ’ was made available to some fundholders was reinforced by reports in January 1992 that some were expecting six figure savings from their hospital treatment budgets by the end of the financial year . |
| 9 | A trip to London was planned and they were expecting two visits — one from an elderly relative who 'd been in touch after receiving a holiday postcard and another from two people who used to live in the flat upstairs and had telephoned asking if they could call by . |
| 10 | It 's expected 30,000 people will use this pub over the weekend . |
| 11 | You know , nobody 's expecting three or four sides , right , you 've got quarter of an hour , not erm , you know , if , if you can write a side a half you , you 'll be doing much better than most people , alright , so you 're just thinking about a side really , depending on how big your handwriting is . |
| 12 | Just over 500 people will be able to see each performance — and Mr Rickman is expecting one very special guest . |
| 13 | The singer , best known for the classic Great Balls Of Fire , was expected two days ago but was said to be furious at taking second billing in the Giants of Rock 'n' Roll concerts . |
| 14 | Okay , I was expecting twelve , but ten out of twelve 's not bad , so I 'll start . |
| 15 | The company said last October that it was expecting 20,000 subscribers by year-end , but at the start of March it had signed just 8,500 to the service . |