Example sentences of "[pron] be expect [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These parties of mine have become something of an institution , and I am expecting a large number of people to come in and give their comments on the results in various constituencies . |
| 2 | Erm which wo n't be a vast amount , you know , I was expecting a slow start and we 've had a fairly slow start , but you know I 'm not worried by that at all . |
| 3 | We could n't get a babysitter , so I was expecting a cold TV dinner thrown at my head when I rolled back . |
| 4 | James Brown when receiving our first album ‘ Box Frenzy ’ — ‘ I was expecting the first Clash album and got the third Sham 69 album ’ — which we thought was a bit of a compliment . |
| 5 | Nobody 's expecting a big queue of potential purchasers |
| 6 | If the interviewer remains silent then look at her or him as if you are expecting the next move to come from their side . |
| 7 | It contains an inherent fallacy : you are expecting the silent majority to speak . |
| 8 | If by now you 're expecting a Manic Miner ish run-round-platforms-collecting-things game , you 're absolutely … |
| 9 | YOUNG mum Angie Wilson is praying for a speedy end to her homeless heartache for she is expecting a third baby in just nine weeks time . |
| 10 | A boss who was expecting a quiet birthday with his family at home was taken completely by surprise when his highly desirable secretary invited him back to her home for a drink after work . |
| 11 | If we are expecting a good level of practice from proprietors , whether private proprietors or statutory , then we have not to expect them to be out of pocket at the end of the day as a result . |
| 12 | Arnold Wilcox-Wood , manager of Clayton Square , says : ‘ We are expecting a high response to this year 's award . |
| 13 | ‘ Even though we are expecting an inflationary increase of 1.9 per cent , our costs have gone up by between 6 per cent and 7 percent . |
| 14 | And they 'd only be significant if we were expecting a significant disproportion anyway |
| 15 | We were expecting the American model to arrive in Europe with pleasurable anticipation , accepting its inevitability . |
| 16 | ( Perhaps this was where the first shock to people in the field arose 0 as one said , ‘ we were expecting an all-singing Branson man and what we got was , although he could be very charming , a quiet , distinctly unvibrant and very determined person ’ . ) |
| 17 | Many people there were expecting an Israeli attack on Jordan , the aims of which would be to force the Palestinians of the Occupied lands to remain in Jordan , and , in accordance with Israel 's notorious ‘ transfer plan ’ , accommodate the expected arrival in Israel of millions of immigrants from the Soviet Union . |
| 18 | Analysts are concerned US shares can not sustain their current levels and they are expecting a sharp fall on Wall Street later . |
| 19 | They were expecting a three day music festival at this site near Milton Keynes . |
| 20 | They were expecting the finer points of drama and theatre management … instead they were introduced to the skills of the big top . |
| 21 | It is expecting a great deal of the courts to ask them to review the operational judgment of a chief of police who indicates that he reasonably believes that his forces are insufficient to prevent serious public disorder or serious damage to property . |
| 22 | It is expected the two incentives will result in £30 million extra for Britain 's trusts and charities . |
| 23 | The news of her latest pregnancy was broken in November , and it is expected the new baby will make a public debut on her Good Morning BBC1 programme , perhaps next week . |
| 24 | The speedy ‘ wash-out ’ effect that set in showed clearly how unrealistic it is to expect the developmental course to be changed when just one period is singled out for attention and no effort is made to follow up that experience and integrate it in an individual 's total life pattern . |
| 25 | I think he 's expecting a glorified vacation with a lot of scuba diving and board-sailing , but he does understand that a cruise-cure means giving up drugs . |
| 26 | They rarely had visitors , and if ever anyone was expected the front drawing room in its pale greens and pinks with damp spots over the wall could be aired and dusted . |