Example sentences of "[pron] [be] expect [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | sixty percent , I 'm expecting a bailiff at my door any day |
| 2 | I 'm expecting a couple of overseas phone calls at the house . ’ |
| 3 | I 'm expecting the boys for dinner tomorrow and looking forward to it . |
| 4 | Says Catherine ‘ My flatmates and I were expecting the return of our £780 deposit when we were told the agency had gone bankrupt . |
| 5 | I was expecting a baby at the time . |
| 6 | BP has produced a guide entitled Parents and babies , which informs employees who are expecting a child of their rights and aims to make returning to work a much easier experience . |
| 7 | ‘ Congratulations — Alan tells us you 're expecting an addition to the tribe . ’ |
| 8 | The 36 year old former Eurythmics star — who announced yesterday that she is expecting a baby in the New Year — and a 20-strong film crew hired a Grade 1 listed building in central London to shoot her latest video . |
| 9 | She was expecting a bill of no more than £50 for the short job , presenter John Stapleton told viewers . |
| 10 | Sybil also heard Angy giving Delia her address so it 's reasonable to assume that she was expecting a visit from her some time . |
| 11 | It was hardly a secret by this time ; even her loose maternity dress could not disguise the fact that she was expecting a baby in six weeks ' time . |
| 12 | This might lead her to change her expectation of the average level of prices ; after all , if she is rational she must know that unpredictable movements in aggregate demand can occur and that one symptom of them is that the price in her island is higher than she was expecting the average to be . |
| 13 | Spokesman Tim Naylor said : ‘ We are expecting a lot of interest in the car . |
| 14 | We are expecting the locals from Backnong back to Chelmsford in the middle of November . |
| 15 | Ha , we 're expecting a cup of tea . |
| 16 | We were expecting a visitor at half-past ten , and I wondered whether Holmes would finish his breakfast before our visitor arrived . |
| 17 | Fournier talked to Flavia about her own reading ; she must promise to come back soon , they told her , they were expecting a houseful on the Quatorze Juillet , nephews and nieces , young married people , des universitaires , they will be interested to meet you . |
| 18 | The senior , Flying Officer Jimmy Coutts , was married to a farmer 's daughter and they were expecting an addition to the family at any moment . |
| 19 | It 's expected the Ministry of Defence will receive up to forty tenders for the Delta Wing jet , including nine from overseas . |
| 20 | It 's expect the inquest into the deaths will be completed within the next few months . |
| 21 | Nineteen different events from junior singles to veterans doubles will make this tournament one of the biggest of its kind and Connor says he is expecting an entry of around the 350 mark . |
| 22 | Erm well he 's expecting a rise in the spring erm but last year he was on twenty five and a half . |
| 23 | By then it was expected a set of scripts for that show would be available in rehearsal form for the Director to peruse , assess and add his contribution . |
| 24 | He was expecting no visitors at this hour , and swung about in surprise when the door behind him was opened softly , almost stealthily , and the girl Daalny came in . |
| 25 | Carver explained that he was expecting a friend in Australia to wire him $1,500 any day . |
| 26 | In January 1989 the Secretary of State for Education and Science said that he was expecting a doubling of student numbers during the next twenty-five years . |
| 27 | He was expecting a visit from the young woman he had been wooing assiduously and he had carefully orchestrated the evening so that all his housemates were out and he had the house to himself . |
| 28 | Mr Bob Balchin , chairman of the Grant-Maintained Schools Foundation , said yesterday that he was expecting an avalanche of parental ballots after the Easter holidays . |