Example sentences of "[be] expect [art] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Unfortunately I can not join you , because I am expecting a very old friend of my family , who has been here all these years , ’ she said . |
| 2 | We had been expecting a much harder game but the Welsh were never in it , thanks to our forwards ’ control . ’ |
| 3 | Most analysts had been expecting a more gradual approach to the complex rationalisation required by the Zeneca split and the recession 's effects on trading . |
| 4 | To expect a man to understand it about another man 's son is expecting a very great deal . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ The team had a very successful year in 1992 , and is expecting an even better performance this year , despite the recession , ’ reports Dick Evans , who heads the European commercial team . |
| 6 | I did shock him with one answer , cos he he was expecting a totally different answer to the one I gave him which was correct , and you know that is unusual for me , but er I did shock him with one , but other than that it was erm it was er an excellent input all the way through the day , and they explained the differences and why they er approved some products and not the others , things like that , it was er spot on . |
| 7 | I was expecting a more expansive gesture , |