Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] was expect a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sybil also heard Angy giving Delia her address so it 's reasonable to assume that she was expecting a visit from her some time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I could see that she was expecting a baby . |
| 4 | Carver explained that he was expecting a friend in Australia to wire him $1,500 any day . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Another lady that I met was suffering from the elephant man 's disease ; her husband had recently died and she was expecting a baby . |
| 7 | So she had left her native Ireland with a new , gentle man and she was expecting a baby . |
| 8 | Naturally he was fed up , he 's only a child and he was expecting a present . |
| 9 | But he was expecting a decision now , and with Angel firmly in mind there could only be one answer . |
| 10 | For example , if you arrive in my business dressed as a surgeon , a priest or a barrister when I was expecting a banker then we may have initial problems in communicating . |
| 11 | Then she forced a smile , and said , ‘ Of course , Damien : and proffered a cheek , averted as though she was expecting a blow . |