Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adv] expect [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was not expecting a visitor ! ’ |
| 2 | Erm I 'm also , I 'm bound to say er not the whole issue that I counted the votes for correctly as I was not expecting the outcome . |
| 3 | ‘ Hey , hey , I was n't expecting a speech . ’ |
| 4 | I was n't expecting the press to get hold of it , mind you ; but it may be no bad thing . ’ |
| 5 | I noted the Handbook clearly stated that you were not to expect the police to break into a sweat over your losses . |
| 6 | She was n't expecting the question . |
| 7 | But he was not expecting the economy and the Government 's finances to be in a much worse state than that set out on March 10 in the Chancellor 's Budget report . |