Example sentences of "[pron] [be] expect a [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 was expecting a baby at the time . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | She was expecting a bill of no more than £50 for the short job , presenter John Stapleton told viewers . |
7 | Sybil also heard Angy giving Delia her address so it 's reasonable to assume that she was expecting a visit from her some time . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Spokesman Tim Naylor said : ‘ We are expecting a lot of interest in the car . |
10 | Ha , we 're expecting a cup of tea . |
11 | We were expecting a visitor at half-past ten , and I wondered whether Holmes would finish his breakfast before our visitor arrived . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Erm well he 's expecting a rise in the spring erm but last year he was on twenty five and a half . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Carver explained that he was expecting a friend in Australia to wire him $1,500 any day . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | 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 . |