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 .
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