Example sentences of "[pers pn] be expect the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | James Brown when receiving our first album ‘ Box Frenzy ’ — ‘ I was expecting the first Clash album and got the third Sham 69 album ’ — which we thought was a bit of a compliment . |
| 2 | If the interviewer remains silent then look at her or him as if you are expecting the next move to come from their side . |
| 3 | It contains an inherent fallacy : you are expecting the silent majority to speak . |
| 4 | We were expecting the American model to arrive in Europe with pleasurable anticipation , accepting its inevitability . |
| 5 | The news of her latest pregnancy was broken in November , and it is expected the new baby will make a public debut on her Good Morning BBC1 programme , perhaps next week . |
| 6 | The speedy ‘ wash-out ’ effect that set in showed clearly how unrealistic it is to expect the developmental course to be changed when just one period is singled out for attention and no effort is made to follow up that experience and integrate it in an individual 's total life pattern . |