Example sentences of "was expect [noun prp] " in BNC.
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1 | I was expecting Jim . ’ |
2 | Not only had his troops let him down , but he was expecting Austria and probably the entire German Confederation to enter the war on the allied side . |
3 | Manager Graham Taylor was expecting Shearer to be laid off for some while , but the extent of the injury will be worrying for all concerned . |
4 | But surely even having second thoughts about marriage was n't enough to prompt that kind of reaction , particularly as Isabelle must have known she was expecting Fabien 's child . |
5 | ‘ Are you saying that Isabelle was pregnant — that she was expecting Fabien 's child when she ran away ? ’ |
6 | At seven-thirty the Prime Minister was expecting Kenneth Clarke and John Patten , together with silly old Webb-Bowen and his minder . |
7 | ‘ She was expecting Rick Lawrence about six o'clock . |
8 | Did I really have it before I was expecting Annie ? |
9 | Naidoo reiterated that the NSC was expecting Sacu to come to a decision and could not ease it for them by offering guarantees of future tours . |
10 | Microsoft senior vice president Paul Maritz told Compaq Computer Corp he was expecting NT to ship by the end of June . |
11 | Microsoft senior vice-president Paul Maritz told Compaq Computer Corp he was expecting NT to ship by the end of June and Sequent Computer Systems Inc was told pretty much the same . |
12 | I was expecting Caracas . ’ |
13 | When Alice said she had to go , because she was expecting Jasper , and stood up , Andrew did too , and seemed to hesitate . |