Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] be expect [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The IBM announcement had been expected this month , and the delay is thought to have been occasioned by the need to respond to the Hitachi announcement . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | France has been expecting heavy snow all week to 1200m … and still waits . |
| 4 | The golfing world has been expecting great things from Norman for years . |
| 5 | However , the City had been expecting bad figures and the shares rose 15p to 239p . |