Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adv] expect [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stock-taking announcement , which was initially expected last year , has been put back several times . |
| 2 | Weekend press comment about the fragility of the recovery meant they were not expecting good news . |
| 3 | It was as if he were always expecting bad news to be relayed to him . |
| 4 | It was also expected that government spending would be cut by 10 per cent , that state companies would be privatized and that sales taxes would be increased . |
| 5 | He was not expecting this display of outright defiance . |