Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] were expect [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shanti and Chris discovered in February that they were expecting a baby , There was tremendous excitement and we all began to look forward to this addition to the family . |
| 2 | Says Catherine ‘ My flatmates and I were expecting the return of our £780 deposit when we were told the agency had gone bankrupt . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She said : ‘ Leo went to answer it because we were expecting a constituency worker with some papers . |
| 5 | Oh , that they knew er something of the Hebrew scriptures because they were expecting the Messiah were n't they ? |