Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] be expect [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The company said last October that it was expecting 20,000 subscribers by year-end , but at the start of March it had signed just 8,500 to the service . |
2 | A trip to London was planned and they were expecting two visits — one from an elderly relative who 'd been in touch after receiving a holiday postcard and another from two people who used to live in the flat upstairs and had telephoned asking if they could call by . |
3 | College Principal Clive Brain says there 's a growing demand for technological education and he 's expecting large numbers of applicants . |
4 | But I 'm expecting great things of you , too . " |
5 | ‘ We 've had three months of investigation and it 's important that we now look forward to next year 's National when we are expecting large crowds . ’ |