Example sentences of "were expect [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | • 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ He was a new name taking over a side whose fans were expecting big things . |
| 5 | We were expecting most of the main opposition leaders to have been imprisoned , ’ Mann stated the obvious . |
| 6 | In the meantime , he has given the socialists a much-needed shot in the arm which might just save them from the total disaster they were expecting next month . |
| 7 | In the meantime , he has given the Socialists a much-needed shot in the arm which might just save them from the total disaster they were expecting next month . |
| 8 | Unless er there was any er you know you , you were expecting any problems . |
| 9 | ‘ The 5% increase in house prices which we were expecting this year would have solved most of our problems , including the brunt of the arrears and repossessions , ’ it says . |
| 10 | ‘ Until last October authorities were expecting this money to be ringfenced so did not consider this client group when they were consulting and drawing up their assessment models , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Evidently the employers were expecting some hostility , as the reminiscences of one elderly compositor suggest : " back in the 70s … |