Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adv] expect [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was not expecting a personal visit . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I was not expecting a great deal of management input from them , ’ he says . |
| 3 | I was n't expecting a miraculous transformation , you see , I was expecting the Belinda I 've come to know and love . ’ |
| 4 | Since the shift in demand was not predictable , even rational people would not have expected it , and so the typical supplier would be finding the price of the good on her island higher than she was initially expecting the average price to be . |
| 5 | ‘ We 're now expecting an official approach at board level from The Oval but the answer will be the same . ’ |
| 6 | Profits have dropped by a fifth to £34.8 million in the first half of this year , and he 's not expecting an early recovery . |
| 7 | He was n't expecting the jarring shock that shot through his other arm but the shortness of the flex prevented him from pulling it more than a few inches off the table . |