Example sentences of "[pron] 'd be expecting [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I think I 'd been expecting something good when I reach the village — a bed for the night , perhaps — but the place was deserted .
2 I 'd been expecting her to put up a stiff rearguard action , protesting that holidays were one thing and everyday life another , that she had only surrendered to me in a moment of weakness which she would regret for the rest of her life , and so on and so forth .
3 She 'd been easy to surprise ; she 'd been expecting someone else .
4 They were soon strolling with me round the house as if they 'd been expecting me for weeks .
5 He 'd been expecting her .
6 He 'd been expecting something like Abbotsfield or the decaying Georgian splendours of St Clement 's Vicarage in Church Row .
7 He 'd been expecting something like this since Isabel had killed the soldier .
8 He sounded as though he 'd been expecting my call .
9 And the lock did n't turn as he 'd been expecting it to —
10 Because he 'd been expecting someone else ?
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